Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 2742 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 16 Mar 1944
Minute from General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] to WSC marked "Secret" stating that the opinion of President Roosevelt on the requirement for a detachment of the British Fleet in the Pacific should not be taken as final; but that the decision should be determined by the contribution which they could make to the strategy best calculated to bring about the early defeat of Japan. Carbon copy. Annotated. Signed.
(Untitled), 14 Mar 1944
Minute from WSC to General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] for the Chiefs of Staff Committee marked "Secret" repeating a question from WSC to President Roosevelt and Roosevelt's reply that a British Fleet detachment was unlikely to be needed for an American operation in the Pacific before the summer of 1945. Manuscript annotations. Initialled. Flagged: "A".
(Untitled), 14 Mar 1944
Minute from WSC to General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] for the Chiefs of Staff Committee marked "Secret" repeating a question from WSC to President Roosevelt and Roosevelt's reply that a British Fleet detachment was unlikely to be needed for an American operation in the Pacific before the summer of 1945. Copy.
(Untitled), 13 Mar 1944
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Secret" stating that a British Fleet detachment is unlikely to be needed for an American operation in the Pacific before the summer of 1945. Annotated on behalf of WSC.
(Untitled), Mar 1944
Map of Indian Ocean and East Indies marked "Most Secret" with Allied air reconnaissance and air strike distances, Allied ships and convoys, and estimated areas into which Japanese forces might penetrate indicated.
(Untitled), Mar 1944
Map of Australasia marked "Most Secret" with Japanese supply routes and areas where the British and American Forces will operate if the British Fleet moves into the Pacific area indicated.
(Untitled), 29 Feb 1944
Copy of a government paper marked "Most Secret" entitled "Note by the Prime Minister and Minister of Defence" [WSC] on strategy for the war against Japan. Flagged: "G".
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1944
WSC's copy of a government paper for the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the War Cabinet marked "Most Secret" entitled "Strategy for the War against Japan" including report intended to clear up some misunderstandings in regard to the plan for the defeat of Japan; with appendices. Flagged: "F".
(Untitled), Mar 1944
Copy of a Government paper marked "Most Secret" entitled "Report by Brigadier Maclean on the Present Military and Political Situation in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], March 1944".
(Untitled), Apr 1944
Copy of a Government paper marked "Secret" entitled "Report by Major Randolph Churchill MP".
(Untitled), 01 Jun 1944
(Untitled), 01 Jun 1944 - 09 Jun 1944
(Untitled), 27 Jun 1944
Copy of Government paper marked "Secret" entitled "Memorandum by Major Randolph Churchill: a note on the political situation in Yugoslavia" and containing a skeleton draft of a speech for King Peter of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia].
(Untitled), 27 Jun 1944
Copy of Government paper marked "Secret" entitled "Memorandum by Major Randolph Churchill: a note on the political situation in Yugoslavia" and containing a skeleton draft of a speech for King Peter of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]. Annotated by WSC: "Foreign Secretary to see".
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1944
Letter from Gargantuan [Major John Henniker-Major, later 8th Lord Henniker, officer commanding the British submission in Serbia] reporting on the situation in Serbia and Bosnia [Bosnia and Herzegovina] [both Yugoslavia] and local opinion on the Monarchy.
(Untitled), 03 Dec 1944
Telegram from Sir Archibald Clark Kerr [British Ambassador in the Soviet Union] to WSC marked "Top Secret" giving the amendments made to WSC's last message to Marshal Stalin on air attacks on enemy forces in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia].
(Untitled), 03 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] and Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander of the Allied Armies in Italy] emphasising the importance of the situation in Greece and repeating the text of a telegram from Reginald Leeper [British Ambassador to Greece] objecting to the delay in replacing the 2nd Parachute Brigade.
(Untitled), 04 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] and Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander of the Allied Armies in Italy] marked "Private and Top Secret" stressing that their first task is victory in Athens [Greece].
(Untitled), 03 Dec 1944
(Untitled), 04 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart [Special Military Representative with Chiang Kai Shek, President of China] to WSC marked "For Prime Minister Only" stating that he agrees with Chiang Kai Shek's decision to withdraw three divisions from the Burmese front to try to hold Kunming [China]. Copy.
(Untitled), 04 Dec 1944
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" endorsing the transfer of two Chinese divisions from the Burmese front to China to meet Japanese advances there, provided Allied forces are not weakened; and bombing plans in the Balkans.