Commonwealth of Nations

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Wednesday 10th July 1940

Draft of Proposed Agreement with General de Gaulle.

extract Cabinet Secretary circulates proposal from General de Gaulle for UK to recognise and support his new French force
person Charles de Gaulle
person Winston Churchill
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Royal Navy
organisation Commonwealth of Nations
organisation French Foreign Legion
 

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet alters India Secretary's statement. No question of India achieving status of Canada or Australia for 40 years
extract PM Churchill accuses India Secretary of negotiating future Indian government with Viceroy without full Cabinet approval
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Clement Attlee
person Leo Amery
place Halifax Peninsula
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation Home Office
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation Advanced Micro Devices
organisation Indian National Congress
organisation Commonwealth of Nations
organisation United States Congress
 

Friday 2nd August 1940

Agreement with the Polish Government.

extract UK signs agreement with Polish government in exile to bring Polish armed forces (land, sea and air) under British command
place Great Britain
place Northern Ireland
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation Royal Air Force
organisation British Army
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Commonwealth of Nations
 

Sunday 8th December 1940

Draft letter from Prime Minister to President Roosevelt.

extract PM to cable Roosevelt on year ahead: "Unless we can establish our ability to feed this Island...we may fall by the way"
person Adolf Hitler
person Winston Churchill
place Great Britain
place Singapore
place Turkey
place North America
place Europe
place Africa
place Northern Ireland
place West Germany
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation United States Navy
organisation Royal Navy
organisation Commonwealth of Nations
organisation French Navy
 

Report by the Far Eastern Committee.

extract Japan "likely to be encouraged by our enemies to attack British interests if she gets the chance", reports Foreign Office
person Chiang Kai-shek
place Portugal
place Turkey
place Europe
place Thailand
place Republic of China
place Burma
organisation New Zealand Treasury
organisation Minister of Economic Warfare
organisation Commonwealth of Nations
 

Monday 24th February 1941

Meeting minutes

extract PM Churchill: Japanese Ambassador denies "aggressive intentions" against Australia, Singapore or Dutch East Indies
extract President Roosevelt has "advised against interception" of Japanese vessel Asaku Maru. Vessel allowed to leave Lisbon
extract General Haining: Allied forces in Italian Somaliland have captured Jumbo and are advancing on Brava. 3000 prisoners taken
extract PM Churchill welcomes PM Menzies to all War Cabinet meetings while in UK. Commonwealth relationship "unique in history"
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Herbert Morrison
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
person Kingsley Wood
person Clement Attlee
person Robert Craigie (diplomat)
place Somaliland
place Cranborne
place Madagascar
place Singapore
place Eritrea
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Libya
organisation Home Office
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Commonwealth of Nations
 

Wednesday 19th March 1941

Necessity for base facilities in Eire.

extract Dominions Secretary reports effects of UK economic action against Eire. "To-day Southern Ireland is very uncomfortable"
person John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby
place Great Britain
place Cranborne
place Dublin
place Northern Ireland
organisation British Army
organisation Royal Navy
organisation Commonwealth of Nations