Communism
Found in 295 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 21 Dec 1944
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" stating that there is no question of British forces embarking on military operations away from the Athens-Piraeus area [Greece]; that he has doubts over the suitability of Archbishop Damaskinos [Archbishop of Athens] as Regent; and that they need to be able to negotiate from a position of strength.
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1944
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to the Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa marked "Top Secret and Personal" giving details of and justifying the British Government position on events in Greece: explaining doubts that have arisen over the appointment of Archbishop Damaskinos [Archbishop of Athens, Greece] as Regent of Greece; and detailing the immediate tasks ahead.
(Untitled), 28 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt stating that he has been impressed by Archbishop Damaskinos [Archbishop of Athens, Greece]; that he is returning to England to urge King George II of Greece to appoint Damaskinos as Regent; requesting that Roosevelt sends a telegram to King George supporting WSC's representations and to Damaskinos if and when he is appointed Regent; and emphasising the continued need to restore order in the Athens area.
(Untitled), 30 Dec 1944
Telegram from Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC and Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] congratulating them on their mission to Athens [Greece] and recommending that information supporting British actions in Greece and criticising the behaviour of the Communist rebels is publicised.
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC [Athens, Greece] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] and Chiefs of Staff reporting on the military situation in Athens; on the decision to summon a Conference for all the political leaders including ELAS [Communist-led National Popular Liberation Army]; on his meeting with Archbishop Damaskinos [Archbishop of Athens] who agreed to chair the Conference; but expressing doubt that it will lead to a United Government being formed.
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1944
Extracts from telegram from WSC [Athens, Greece] to CSC describing the events of the day: his visit to the British Embassy; a plot to blow up the Hotel Grande Bretagne [Athens]; and the Conference at the Greek Foreign Office between the rival political leaders. Crossed through at top: "Circulated at Mrs Churchill's request".
(Untitled), 13 Jun 1944
Telegram from Randolph Churchill to WSC stating that he was received in private audience that morning by Pope Pius XII, who asked him about the situation in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], in particular the strength of the Communist movement; and passed on greetings to WSC. Carbon copy. Annotated by WSC.
(Untitled), May 1947
(Untitled), c 1947
Photostat copy of a "Revised draft" of a "Secret" despatch by [former] Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Theatre, General [Sir Henry] Wilson, on the Greek Campaign, 8 January 1944 to 12 December 1944, covering background, Greek politics, plans, the German evacuation, the landings, and the Civil War.
(Untitled), c 1920
(Untitled), 22 Jul 1954
(Untitled), 09 Feb 1954
Copy of a letter from "Ike" [Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States] (The White House, Washington} to WSC marked "personal" expressing pleasure at WSC's good health; commenting on outbursts by [Vyacheslav] Molotov [Soviet Union Foreign Minister]; the importance of unity between free nations; and future history and legacy of leaders. Typescript.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Private and Top Secret" asking for British troops in Greece to be reinforced because of threat of Communist insurgency.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1944
Telegram from WSC and Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] to Reginald Leeper [British Ambassador to Greece] marked "Top Secret" stating that they endorse British troops being used to support law and order; that George Papandreou [Prime Minister of Greece] should break the Communist monopoly on newspaper production; that Leeper should speak firmly to the Communists in government.
(Untitled), 08 Mar 1945
(Untitled), [08] [May] [1945]
Telegram from Partsalidis, Secretary, of the Central Committee of EAM [Communist-led National Liberation Front] (Athens [Greece]) to WSC (London) greeting him on "this historic day", commenting on Greece's resistance, and bemoaning the "unexpected persecution" of the "Greek resistance movement". [Copy].
Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London: Growing up in interesting times, 2000-06
Autobiography of [Frederick] Gerard Friedlander [Friedrich Gerhart Friedlander], 1917-35, on his early life, and his mother Ruth Fischer, founder of the Austrian Communist Party, a prominent member of the German Communist Party, and a member of the "left" or Trotskyite opposition to Stalin in the Soviet Union.