Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (7 November, House of Commons) entitled "The Anglo American Alliance" on the impending visit by the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, to the United States and on subjects including foreign policy and the Soviet Union, the production of nuclear weapons and the disclosure of information about atomic weapons. Source material includes: a note from [?1st Lord Cherwell earlier Frederick Lindemann]; a letter from Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] and an extract...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's address to personnel on board the R M S Queen Elizabeth (13 January) in which he reviews the war and links between the United Kingdom and Canada.Speech notes for WSC's speech of thanks (26 February, University of Miami, United States) on receiving an honorary law degree in which he discusses education. Includes the phrase "I am surprised that in my later life I should have become so experienced in taking degrees, when, as a school boy, I was so bad at passing...

Scope and Contents Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (1 August, House of Commons) on Palestine on subjects including: his conviction that there should be a Jewish national home in Palestine; the success which followed the 1922 [Balfour] declaration; the opinions of T E Lawrence [T E Shaw, "Lawrence of Arabia"] about the treatment of the Arabs; the repatriation of the Jews in Europe; and the decision by the United States not to support Zionism policy. Source material includes: an extract from a...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (23 January 1948, House of Commons) on the foreign affairs debate including: support for the Labour government's foreign policy; affairs and events in various countries including Greece, Italy and the United States; his predictions of the Cold war in his Fulton speech ["The Sinews of Peace" see CHUR 5/4A-B] and the need for reconciliation between France and Germany at Zurich ["The Tragedy of Europe", see CHUR 5/8]; criticism of a speech by Herbert Morrison, Lord...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (9 October, Annual Conservative Party Conference, Llandudno, Wales) entitled "Perils abroad and at home" on subjects including: the recovery of the Conservative Party since 1945; the part played by Wales in British affairs; relations with the Soviet Union and the likelihood of a third world war; the degeneration of the United Nations; the importance of nuclear weapons belonging to the United States in countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union; the...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (12 November 1948, Westminster Abbey) at the unveiling of a memorial to President Franklin Roosevelt in which WSC pays tribute to Roosevelt. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 7730-31.Speech notes for WSC's speech (16 November 1948, House of Commons) entitled "The Iron and Steel Bill" on the nationalisation of the steel industry including: the contrast between unemployment after World War I and full employment after World War II; a loan from the United States...

Scope and Contents Includes speech notes for WSC's speech (31 March, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston [United States]) entitled "The twentieth century - its promises and its realisation" on subjects including: the teaching of engineering and science in the United Kingdom contrasted with the situation in the United States; the role of science and the use made of scientific discoveries for military purposes; Great Britain's hopes for the twentieth century; WSC's early political career and...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (United Europe Economic Conference, Church House, Westminster [London]) entitled "The three circles (foreign policy)" including: the importance of the European movement in foreign policy; the resources of Europe; the "three circles" of significance in world affairs being the British empire and commonwealth, the English-speaking world, and United Europe. Source material includes: background notes from Duncan Sandys [Chairman of the International Executive of the...

Scope and Contents Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (28 September, House of Commons) on the devaluation of the pound including: economic affairs; the forthcoming General Election; atomic weapons; the Labour government's policy on taxation; statements by Sir Stafford Cripps [Chancellor of the Exchequer]; the return to the Gold Standard; and nationalisation. Source material includes: notes of statements made by Aneurin Bevan [Minister of Health] and Herbert Morrison [Deputy Prime Minister]; notes...

Scope and Contents Brief manuscript notes for and transcript of WSC's speech of thanks (2 November 1949, Grosvenor House, Park Lane [London]) entitled "Riches of English Literature" on receiving the Sunday Times book prize including: the importance of the Sunday Times, of the English language and of reading; his experiences as a writer; and communications and television. Source material includes: notes from "Jo" [Sturdee, later Lady Onslow, Secretary to WSC]; correspondence from Lionel Berry [later 2nd Lord...

Scope and Contents Copy of a statement to be issued on WSC's behalf [by Clement Attlee, Prime Minister]. Includes covering note explaining that WSC had prepared the statement prior to the change in government. The statement covers issues including: scientific research in the United Kingdom on atomic fission; responsibilities of the committee under Sir George Thomson; exchange of scientific information with the United States; the key individuals including Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] and Lord...

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Subjects include culture and equality, Britain and the Common Market, the Congo and Soviet nuclear testing.

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Subjects include: the importance of the political alliance among NATO members, as well as defence; relations between Europe and the United States; tribute to Kjeld Vibe, Norwegian Ambassador to NATO and Dean of the Corps; the Alliance's priorities; the British aviation industry; nuclear defence policy and the strengthening of conventional forces; the sharing of the burden among NATO members; negotiations with the Soviet Union; presentation of the Prix Tocqueville to Sir Karl Popper.

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Subjects include: lessons from the Second World War; arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; the transatlantic alliance between the United States and Europe; East-West relations; reasons for NATO's continuing role; preventing an arms race in space; the future of European security; sharing the defence burden; improving conventional defence and the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) [also known as Star Wars]; the Soviet view.

Scope and Contents Subjects include: maintaining a defensive counterweight to the Soviet Union; east-west relations over PC's first year as Secretary-General; early impressions of Mikhail Gorbachev; keeping up transatlantic relations; arms control negotiations with the Soviets and calls for nuclear disarmament; the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) [also known as Star Wars]; the importance of the British-Atlantic Committee; problems of communication; PC's memories of Ernest Bevin and his vision of NATO (for...

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Subjects include: security policy within a democracy; arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; the role of NATO; east-west relations; NATO and European security; transatlantic relations; sharing the burden between Europe and the United States.

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Subjects include: the retirement of Sir John Graham [British Ambassador to NATO]; east-west relations; arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; NATO's relation to the international outlook for business; results of an American withdrawal from NATO and sharing the burden between Europe and the United States; European security; the defence of democracy; the Western European Union (WEU).

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Subjects include: east-west relations; arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; talks on conventional forces and sharing the burden between Europe and the United States; the West’s reaction to Mikhail Gorbachev; the Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI [also known as ‘Star Wars’]; transatlantic relations; the retirement of Rear-Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt, Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Eastern Atlantic.

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Subjects include: arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; the role of Mikhail Gorbachev; the future of NATO, defence spending and disarmament; conventional forces; transatlantic relations; NATO and public opinion; Turkey and NATO; honour to Pierre Harmel, former Belgian Foreign Minister.

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Subjects include: NATO’s future; conventional arms control; east-west relations; the Alliance and Canada; European security, particularly relating to the nuclear deterrent; arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union; the public perception of NATO; sharing the burden between Europe and the United States; disarmament and arms control progress between 1984 and 1988.

Also includes NATO press service sets of excerpts and quotes from PC’s speeches, 1984-88.

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: the unique division of the world into nuclear Communist and non-Communist sides; WSC's prediction of the power of nuclear energy in 1931; nuclear development in Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union; the lack of defence against the hydrogen bomb; difficulties in fair disarmament; defence through deterrents, including the ability to paralyse Soviet airfields, industrial targets and submarine bases; the power of...

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Includes a memorandum of comments by GJ.

Scope and Contents Speech notes WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: the continuing threat from the Soviet Union since the disbanding of the Allied armies; hopes for a settlement while the United States still has a superior atomic stockpile, and the need to keep building up Western forces; Soviet proposals for a 4-Power conference; the advance into Korea by China, and its possible use in a Sino-Soviet conspiracy as a distraction from the danger to Europe; the burden borne by the United States...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) subjects including: the importance of keeping up relations with the United States, and the reluctance of the Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] to do so, particularly over Korea; the advantage of maintaining a fortified line in Korea; the need to censor the despatches of the United Nations war correspondents from Korea; appeasing from strength, not weakness; the lack of consultation with Britain by the United States over its atomic weapons; the...

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The papers relate to the activities of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and Committee of 100 and other non-violent disarmament and anti-nuclear pressure groups with whom Ashburner was involved in the 1960's.