Nuclear warfare
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 163 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
The Papers of Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony Wass Buzzard
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BZRD
Scope and Contents
Buzzard's primary career was as a naval officer and a significant portion of this collection reflects this work. There are Second World War naval papers concerning HMS Glory, HMS Superb, HMS Formidable, HMS Theseus and HMS Implacable. Also included are conference papers on issues such as arms, deterrence and disarmament. But it was Buzzard's involvement with organisations such as the Institute for Strategic Studies, the Conference of Christian Approaches to Defence and Disarmament and the...
Dates:
1930 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir John Cockcroft
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CKFT
Scope and Contents
Papers comprising laboratory notebooks, articles, lectures, correspondence and photographs.
Also includes records of the Kapitza Club, 1922-58 and 1966, and copy papers of the Maud Committee, 1940-1.
With offprints of papers by Ernest Rutherford, 1872-1913.This collection has an 'Associated' section, consisting of material from one or more sources distinct from the main series, potentially including material about, but not created, accumulated or owned by, the subject of the...
Dates:
1872 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation (except a few closures marked in the catalogue) by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Unknown
"The Tragedy of Europe", 19 Sep 1946
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/8/145-162
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (19 September, University of Zurich [Switzerland]) entitled "The Tragedy of Europe" including: the need for a “United States of Europe” and the Council of Europe; reflection on the roles of the United Nations and the League of Nations; the need to act quickly to avoid another war and for faith on the part of the peoples of Europe; warnings about the spread of information about nuclear weapons; and the importance of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, the United...
Dates:
19 Sep 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Transcript of interview: David Summerhayes, 2003
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 78
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2003
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: John Edmonds, 2009
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 121
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2009
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Bryan Cartledge, 2007
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 115
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2007
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir David Logan, 2017
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 169
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2017
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir John Birch, 2004
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 87
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2004
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir John Thomson, 2016 - 2017
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 154
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2016 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Robert Wade-Gery, 2000
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 47
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2000
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Item
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/210/104
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he would like Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] to succeed Field Marshal Sir John Dill on the Combined Policy Committee on "Tube Alloys" [codename for atomic research]. Photocopy.
Dates:
14 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/210/111
Scope and Contents
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he is delighted to have Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington, United States] on the Combined Policy Committee [on atomic research]. Photocopy.
Dates:
14 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/27
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him of the latest plans for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] to take Lubeck [Germany]; the advance to Linz [Austria]; and for the Americans to take the region south of Stuttgart [Germany] where the main German "TA" [Tube Alloy, the atomic bomb] research is concentrated. Despatched on 19 April.
Dates:
18 Apr 1945 - 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 14 May 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/26
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that he needs two days in Washington: to speak to Henry Stimson [Secretary of War, United States] on a "special subject" [the atomic bomb], General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] and Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington] on American withdrawals from Europe, Joseph Grew [Under...
Dates:
14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1945
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/219/41-43
Scope and Contents
Telegram from Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (Washington [United States]) reporting a talk with Henry Stimson [Secretary of War, United States] on a "special subject" [the atomic bomb]; and with Stimson, General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] and John McCloy [Assistant Secretary of War] on the withdrawal of United States forces from Europe, Marshall emphasising the limited nature of such withdrawal in the next few months; the retreat of Anglo-American...
Dates:
14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
Item
(Untitled), 11 Aug 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/95-96
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] marked "Most secret" stating: that as a result of discussions held with the Lord President of the Council in Washington it was decided that draft articles of an agreement to govern collaboration on the "Tube Alloys" [Atom Bomb Research] project should be recommended jointly to President Roosevelt and himself; that these draft articles established a Combined Policy Committee; that given the role Canada is playing in this project he...
Dates:
11 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
Item
(Untitled), 15 Aug 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/100-101
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "For you alone" stating: that he believes they should make a renewed final offer to U J [Marshal Stalin] to go to meet him at Fairbanks as soon as the military conference is over; that he is having a copy of the Tube Alloy Memorandum [Atom Bomb Research] made ready for their initials and that he hopes he is agreeable to Mr Howe joining them as a Canadian representative along with their two men, Field Marshal Sir John Dill and Colonel John...
Dates:
15 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
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(Untitled), 19 Aug 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/102
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] enclosing for his most secret information a copy of the signed Articles of Agreement governing collaboration between the authorities of the United States and Britain on the subject of Tube Alloys [Atom Bomb Research] and informing him that President Roosevelt has accepted his suggestion that Mr Howe joins them on the Combined Policy Committee as a representative of Canada Signature in typescript. Copy.
Dates:
19 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
Item
(Untitled), 23 Jan 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/127/32
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (Lord President of the Council) regarding tube alloys [atomic bomb research] stating that he is receiving personal assurances but that it is thought better not to send any instructions by telegraph from there.
Dates:
23 Jan 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
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(Untitled), 26 May 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/128/51
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC (Washington [United States]) to Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley, Lord President of the Council] marked "Most Secret and Personal" regarding tube alloys [atomic bomb research] and commenting that his conversation with President Roosevelt was satisfactory.
Dates:
26 May 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Item
(Untitled), 26 May 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/128/53
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC (Trident, Washington Conference [United States]) to Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (Lord President of the Council) informing him that President Roosevelt has agreed to the resumption of an exchange of information regarding Tube Alloys [atomic bomb research] and stating that this decision has been reached on the understanding that this weapon will be available for use in this war and asking him to inform Lord Cherwell [Earlier Frederick Lindemann, Prime...
Dates:
26 May 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Item
(Untitled), 20 Aug 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/129/33
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC (Quadrant [Quebec Conference, Canada]) to Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (Lord President of the Council) informing him that the articles of agreement regarding Tube Alloys [the atomic bomb] has been signed by him and President Roosevelt and informing him of those who have been named as representatives on the Combined Policy Committee. Copy.
Dates:
20 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Item
(Untitled), 27 Aug 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/129/44
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC (Quadrant [Quebec Conference, Canada)] to Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] (Lord President of the Council) marked "Private and Personal" informing him of the suggested next steps for the Tube alloys project [atomic bomb research], stating that it has been proposed that British Scientists should be sent to the United States and noting why problems arose before with Sir Wallace Akers [Director of Atomic Energy Research, under Department of Industrial and Scientific...
Dates:
27 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Unknown
(Untitled), [Oct 1945]
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/3/105
Scope and Contents
Copy of a message from WSC to Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "personal and secret" about the text of a draft message for [Harry Truman, President of the United States, from Attlee] in which he questions what [Attlee] wishes the Americans to do about sharing information about atomic weapons with the Soviet Union and a reference to an "Act of Faith"; discusses the importance of security in world policy and the timing of a United Nations conference; WSC's agreement with President...
Dates:
[Oct 1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1946
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/4/48-50
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC to Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, marked "personal and private" thanking him for his draft speech on the Roosevelt Memorial Bill; promising to write again about a publication; and discussing demobilisation figures and the possibility of war with the Soviet Union, noting that the Russians are hampered by two reasons "their virtue and self restraint. The second, the possession by the United States of the Atomic bomb."Carbon typescript signed with initials.
Dates:
10 Oct 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open