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Communism

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/24
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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.

Dates: 18 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/57
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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.

Dates: 20 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/106
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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".

Dates: 22 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/53
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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.

Dates: 26 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [08] [May] [1945]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/230/67
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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].

Dates: [08] [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/216/120-122
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" arguing that it is a "delusion" to suppose that the Yugoslav Government [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] would agree to Anglo-American forces taking Venezia Guilia [Italy] including Trieste [Italy], Pola [later Pula, Croatia] and Fiume [later Rijeka, Croatia]; that Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied...
Dates: 30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/217/8-9
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Guard" and "Personal and Top Secret" seeking clarification of the position concerning the announcement of the surrender of German forces in Italy; requesting information on Alexander's plans for taking Trieste [Italy]; and asserting that he favours the Istrian peninsula remaining in Italy [after the end of hostilities] since this will harm communist...
Dates: 01 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), May 1947

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249B/153-190
Scope and Contents Photostat copy of a "Revised draft" of a "Secret" despatch by [former] Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Theatre, General [Sir Henry] Wilson, on Anglo-American support for the partisans in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], 8 January 1944 to 12 December 1944, covering plans and development, the formation of the Balkan Air Force, the unification of Yugoslav commands and control of operations, progress...
Dates: May 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1947

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/249B/192-238
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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.

Dates: c 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/97
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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.

Dates: 08 Nov 1944
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), 08 Nov 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/174/98
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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.

Dates: 08 Nov 1944
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), 15 Nov 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/31
Scope and Contents Telegram from Harold MacMillan [later Lord Stockton, British High Commissioner for Italy] to WSC marked "Top Secret" on the political situation in Greece; indicating that it may be necessary to declare Athens [Greece] a "military zone" and that British troops may need to be used against the Communists; that the necessary statements should be prepared to use in the event; asking if WSC feels George Papandreou [Prime Minister of Greece] should make a formal appeal for British assistance and...
Dates: 15 Nov 1944
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), 21 Nov 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/175/67
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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.

Dates: 21 Nov 1944
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), 08 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/120-121
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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].

Dates: 08 Dec 1944
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), 09 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/125
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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.

Dates: 09 Dec 1944
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), 09 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/126
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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.

Dates: 09 Dec 1944
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), 09 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/130
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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].

Dates: 09 Dec 1944
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), 09 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/176/133
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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]".

Dates: 09 Dec 1944
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), 09 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/177/7-8
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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.

Dates: 09 Dec 1944
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), 09 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/177/11
Scope and Contents Telegram from General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] to WSC marked "Personal" detailing situation in Greece: explaining that present troop numbers are insufficient to quickly clear Athens-Piraeus area [Greece]; that propaganda measures should be increased; that some ex-EAM [Communist-led National Liberation Front] ministers are "heartily ashamed of the tragedy"; that there has been no political difficulty amongst the troops; and that he is concerned about the...
Dates: 09 Dec 1944
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), 09 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/177/13-14
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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.

Dates: 09 Dec 1944
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), 10 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/177/15
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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.

Dates: 10 Dec 1944
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), 10 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/177/18
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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].

Dates: 10 Dec 1944
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), 10 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/177/19-20
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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].

Dates: 10 Dec 1944
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), 10 Dec 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/177/21
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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.

Dates: 10 Dec 1944
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.