John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

Politician

John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971) was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922 he was employed by the BBC as its General Manager; in 1923 he became its Managing Director and in 1927 ...

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Documents about John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

Thursday 11th January 1940

Meeting minutes

extract PM meets with junior ministers. Warns Britons “must take the war more seriously” and response to Scandinavian situation
person Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd
person Joseph Stalin
person Andrew Duncan
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
place Finland
place Russian Empire
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 

Meeting minutes

extract Informal notes on recent Cabinet meetings: “One of the most useful discussions which the War Cabinet has had”
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
person Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
place Finland
 

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet suppresses report on health, housing conditions in West Indies. PM: “Would inflict serious damage on war effort”
person Anthony Eden
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Samuel Hoare
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
place Finland
place Caribbean
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
 

Tuesday 5th March 1940

Propaganda: Appreciation of Action taken and its Effect. Sixth report submitted by the Minister of Information covering the period January and February 1940.

extract Minister of Information Sir John Reith delivers a report on Britain's propaganda work in the year so far
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
place Great Britain
place Portugal
place Greece
place Finland
place Russian Empire
place Hungary
place Paris
place Europe
place Kenya
place Bulgaria
place Denmark
place West Germany
 

Meeting minutes

extract Informal notes on recent meetings: Zetland describes shooting, French PM Daladier nervous, jumpy, not sleeping
person Joachim von Ribbentrop
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
person Arthur Robinson (Australian politician)
place Finland
place Narvik
place Malta
organisation Scapa
 

Analysis of German Propaganda, March 1 to 16, 1940.

extract Lord Halifax presents analysis of recent Nazi propaganda themes. British weakness up, brutality and lies down
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
person Adolf Hitler
person Winston Churchill
person Joachim von Ribbentrop
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
person Oliver Stanley
place Great Britain
place Finland
place Ankara
place Slovakia
place Russian Empire
place Caribbean
place Berlin
place Rome
organisation Ministry of Supply
 

Monday 20th May 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet agrees no further refugees should be admitted to UK until the military situation becomes clearer
extract UK Ambassador Belgrade reports rumour Germany may make peace offer before a “decisive attack” on England
extract Halifax and Churchill express concern at UK operations in Norway. Force used “urgently needed elsewhere”
extract As “precautionary measure” PM directs Admiralty to gather large number of small vessels ready to proceed to French coast
extract Le Havre subjected to intense air attack overnight. RAF has lost a further 23 aircraft in last 24 hours
extract German units advancing on Arras, held by "partially trained" 23rd Division. BEF holding: “Tired but in very good heart”
person Anthony Eden
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Samuel Hoare
person Francisco Franco
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
place Great Britain
place Lancaster, Lancashire
place Halifax Peninsula
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
organisation Home Office
organisation Hopatcong High School
 

Thursday 12th September 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Minister of Labour warns of danger of demonstrations against London's "want of evident defence" if AA barrage not kept up
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Ernest Bevin
person Ernest Brown
person Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
person John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
organisation Home Office