Communism
Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later Lord Avon] (Washington [United States]) marked "Personal and Top Secret" agreeing that all [military] supplies to Marshal Tito [Premier of Yugoslavia, later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] should be stopped; and that exploiting Tito's claims [to Istria and Trieste, Italy] is the best way of splitting the Communists in Italy and strengthening their influence there.
(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Reginald Leeper [British Ambassador to Greece] marked "Personal" giving his views on relations with the United States and President Harry Truman; and encouraging Leeper to work for free elections in Greece in three or four months at the latest. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting they and the Americans institute a separate Italian National Army; and pondering the American attitude to the future political make-up of Italy. Copy. Annotated: "Not sent".
(Untitled), 26 Apr 1945
Telegram from WSC to Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] (San Francisco [United States]) marked "Top Secret" asserting the importance of the liberation of Prague and as much as possible of Western Czechoslovakia by the Americans to the post-war political situation in Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic and Slovakia] and nearby countries; and stating that he is asking the Chiefs of Staff to draw the attention of their American colleagues to the matter. Carbon copy.
(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].
(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 01 May 1945
(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), 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), 15 Nov 1944
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1944
Telegram from Harold MacMillan [British High Commissioner for Italy] to WSC sending on drafts of statements intended to be issued in the event of an attempted coup d'etat by ELAS [Communist-led National Popular Liberation Army] prior to the date fixed for disbandment of all forces or ELAS refusing to disband.
(Untitled), 08 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC and General Sir Alan Brooke [later Lord Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, Chief of Imperial General Staff] marked "Personal" passing on message from General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] giving details of the situation in Athens, Kalamai, Salonica and Crete [all Greece].
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] marked "Personal and Top Secret" asking for an estimate of how long it will take to clear Athens and Piraeus [both Greece] of Communist insurgents and offering more troops should he require them.
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Personal and Top Secret" ordering more troops to be sent to Athens [Greece]; asking for more help from the Navy; and stating that General Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Commander of the Allied Armies in Italy] will be leaving for Athens on 10 December.
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC and Chiefs of Staff marked "Personal" giving details of the situation regarding rebel activities in Athens [Greece].
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him that there has been much talk in the Press of a peace offer by ELAS [Communist-led National Popular Liberation Army]; advocating caution and arguing that the "clear objective is the defeat of EAM [Communist-led National Liberation Front]".
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC and Chiefs of Staff marked "Personal" passing on message from General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] giving details of the situation in the Athens-Piraeus area, Patras, Kefallinia, Salonica and Crete [all Greece]; estimates of casualties; and his immediate intentions.
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1944
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" appealing for President Roosevelt's support for British policy in Greece; regretting disunity on this matter; and stating that he could have achieved a larger majority in the debate in Parliament [8 December] if he had sent out a three-line Whip.
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to British Ambassador to Greece [Reginald Leeper] marked "Personal and Top Secret" supporting his handling of the situation in Greece in light of some criticisms from MPs.
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC and Chiefs of Staff marked "Personal" reporting situation in Athens [Greece].
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC and Chiefs of Staff marked "Personal" passing on gist of report from General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] on the situation in Athens, Patras, Salonica and Kavalla [all Greece].
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC and Chiefs of Staff marked "Personal" reporting information received from Naval sources in Greece.