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Colonialism

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1179 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/85
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Letter from R V Vernon (Colonial Office) to Edward Marsh returning and commenting on a telegram received by WSC from the mayor of Larnaca [Cyprus] [see CHAR 2/45/86-87] on the Government's rejection of proposals for a railway between Larnaca and Nicosia, and enclosing a copy of a related despatch by Lord Crewe [see CHAR 2/45/90]. Signed typescript.

Dates: 15 Apr 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/86-87
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Telegram from the mayor of Larnaca [Cyprus] to WSC conveying the disappointment in Larnaca over the Government's rejection of proposals for a railway between Larnaca and Nicosia. Returned with CHAR 2/45/85.

Dates: 23 Apr 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jan 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/45/90
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Despatch from Lord Crewe (Colonial Office) to [the High Commissioner of Cyprus] explaining why the Governmnent cannot support a scheme for a railway between Larnaca and Nicosia. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/45/85.

Dates: 28 Jan 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/6
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Letter from Lord Crewe (Colonial Office) to WSC stating that he will not interfere with the governor's discretion with respect to a murder case in Cyprus.

Dates: 24 Jun 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jul 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/29
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Letter from Stephen Gwynn MP (Irish Press Agency, 2 Great Smith Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on a leaflet issued by the Agency on books about Ireland [see CHAR 2/46/30]. Note paper printed with quotation by Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] on self-government for the colonies.

Dates: 29 Jul 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1910-01 Oct 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/43
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Letter from R V Vernon (Downing Street) to S W Harris returning and commenting on correspondence between G Wallace Carter, WSC and Colonel [John] Seely [later Lord Mottistone] on the suggestion that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates should be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge [see CHAR 2/46/44-50]. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC: "a stupid answer", 1 Oct 1910.

Dates: 29 Sep 1910-01 Oct 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/44
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Letter from G Wallace Carter, general secretary of the Free Trade Union (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, London) to WSC (Home Office) describing the inadequate British news service in Canadian newspapers and suggesting that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Signed typescript. Annotated with instruction by WSC to show the letter to Colonel [John Seely, late Lord Mottistone].

Dates: 01 Sep 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Sep 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/45-46
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Letter from Colonel John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] to G Wallace Carter [general secretary of the Free Trade Union] raising objections to Carter's suggestion that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates should be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/46/43.

Dates: 09 Sep 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Sep 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/47-49
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Letter from G Wallace Carter [general secretary of the Free Trade Union] (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, London) to Colonel John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] (Colonial Office) answering Seely's objections to Carter's suggestion that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates should be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/46/43.

Dates: 20 Sep 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Sep 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/50
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Letter from [Colonel John Seely, later Lord Mottistone] (Downing Street) to G Wallace Carter [general secretary of the Free Trade League) making further comments on Carter's suggestion that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates should be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/46/43.

Dates: Sep 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/72
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Letter from Colonel Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (Minister's Office, Ottawa, [Canada]) to WSC encouraging him not in his plans for Home Rule but in his work "for a great British Empire." Asks WSC to tell him the probable time of the arrival in Canada of his mother (whom he erroneously calls "Mrs Sackville-West").

Dates: 20 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Nov 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/53/65-70
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Speech by in the House of Commons by Joseph Compton-Rickett on the need to maintain Britain's naval supremacy against a possible German threat and the "civilising" effects of a French presence in Tunis, Algeria and Morocco. Annotated typescipt.

Dates: 27 Nov 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Nov 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/1/2-3
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Cutting on speech by WSC at Annual Dinner of Southsea Conservative Association [Hampshire], subjects covered include service and old age pensions, social reform and the Empire Speech part pub. in Complete Speeches V.1 p.30.

Dates: 05 Nov 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/2/29
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Letter from Ernest Fletcher to WSC on free trade and the question of protection for the Empire.

Dates: 13 Nov 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Nov 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/2/30-31
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Letter from WSC to Ernest Fletcher, on free trade, rejecting the idea of protection for goods from the Empire copy in hand of A. Anning.

Dates: 14 Nov 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/41/118-119
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Telegram from WSC to Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia] advising that if he did visit Britain he could not sit on the War Cabinet.

Dates: 18 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Aug 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/43-47
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] setting out working relationship between governments of Britain, Dominions and Empire; includes covering note by Sir Edward Bridges, Secretary to the War Cabinet.

Dates: 29 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/12
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Telegram from U Saw [Prime Minister of Burma, later Myanmar] to WSC and Secretary of State for India and Burma [Leo Amery] requesting that Burmese affairs be handled by the Secretary of State for Dominions Affairs [Lord Cranborne, later 5th Lord Salisbury] as indication of dawning self-government.

Dates: 11 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/25
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Telegram from West African pilot, via Sir Bernard Bourdillon, Governor of Nigeria, to WSC requesting clarification of the Atlantic Charter and its application to coloured races in the Colonial Empire.

Dates: 15 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42A/82
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [Arthur Fadden] to WSC on participation by a Minister from one part of the Empire in the work of a Cabinet of another part.

Dates: 06 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42B/166
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Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] assuring him that his military views are endorsed by Chiefs of Staff, Cabinet and WSC, but dispute with Australian government must be avoided.

Dates: 18 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/68A/67-68
Scope and Contents Telegram from [Alfred] Duff Cooper [Resident Cabinet Minister at Singapore for Far Eastern affairs and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, later 1st Lord Norwich] to WSC and the Secretary of State for the Colonies [1st Lord Moyne, earlier Walter Guinness] on a lack of confidence in the local administration: suggests Major-General Keith Simmons, Fortress Commander, be appointed as military governor, supported by Brigadier Simson, Director General of Civil Defence, and that Hugh Fraser...
Dates: 11 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/3-5
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Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] with the text of his statement in the Canadian House of Commons on the composition of the Imperial War Cabinet, and the power of decision still resting with the British War Cabinet: Australia's request for a right to a permanent equal voice in the British War Cabinet differs from Canadian requests.

Dates: 25 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/15-16
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Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] regarding the assent of General Charles de Gaulle [Chief of Free French] to the publication of a communique by the United States, British and Canadian governments on the subject of the overthrow by an overwhelming popular vote of "Vichy-ites" on "two tiny islands" [? Saint Pierre and Miquelon].

Dates: 23 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/62/104-111
Scope and Contents Letter from General Sir [Francis] Reginald Wingate [former Governor-General of the Sudan and British High Commissioner in Egypt] to WSC on the need to regain Moslem confidence in India, the Near and Middle East and in Africa, and suggesting sending R A Butler, President of the Board of Education, on a mission to Ibn Saud [King of Saudi Arabia]; includes notes from John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC and Wingate passing on Butler's rejection of the idea, copy of letter from Sir John...
Dates: 23 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open