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The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though it remains ...

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Documents about City of London

Tuesday 11th June 1940

Compulsory Censorship.

extract Information Minister Duff Cooper lays out new plan to censor "military matters" appearing in the Press
place Great Britain
place City of London
place Birmingham
place Northern Ireland
 

Saturday 13th July 1940

Civil Defence Report No. 19. Nineteenth Report submitted by the Minister of Home Security, covering the period from Midnight, 9th June, 1940 to Midnight, 7th July, 1940.

extract Home Security Minister: Rise in night bombing since mid-June. Daylight raids "on an increasing scale" but damage "slight"
person John Anderson (Australian politician)
place City of London
place Newcastle upon Tyne
place South Wales
place Isle of Portland
place Bristol
place Portsmouth
organisation Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands)
organisation Home Office
 

Tuesday 24th September 1940

Meeting minutes

extract War Secretary: 850 POWs in UK being added to at rate of 100 a week. Cabinet approves plan to send 1,000 to Newfoundland
extract Halifax: Japanese in Indo-China have "established themselves". Seems Japan has agreement with Vichy over this land force
extract Home Secretary: Overnight bombing "rather more intense than on recent nights". Direct hits sustained by several shelters
extract Air Chief: Air casualties yesterday 11 machines (8 pilots safe). Enemy 12 (+6 probable). 120 bombers despatched to Berlin
extract War Cabinet directs Information Minister to deny reports "emanating from Vichy regarding attempted British landings"
person Anthony Eden
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Charles de Gaulle
person Herbert Morrison
person Kingsley Wood
person Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
person Clement Attlee
place South Africa
place City of London
place Newfoundland, Kentucky
organisation United States Navy
 

Thursday 31st October 1940

Food Situation of the United Kingdom. Thirteenth Report submitted by the Minister of Food for the month of September, 1940.

extract Food Minister reports UK stocks "strong on energy foods, dubious on dairy". Tea, bacon, fruit and fish "depleted"
place City of London
place Northern Ireland
place Denmark
place Madrid, New York
 

Saturday 2nd November 1940

Subversive Propaganda in the "Daily Mirror" and "Sunday Pictorial".

extract Home Office investigates Daily Mirror shareholders. No evidence of subversive financial interests controlling the paper
person Herbert Morrison
place City of London
organisation Home Office
organisation Daily Mirror
 

Saturday 21st December 1940

Improved Street Lighting.

extract Morrison: Undesirable to improve streetlighting this winter. Public attach great value to as total a blackout as possible
person Herbert Morrison
place City of London
 

Meeting minutes

extract Morrison: Glasgow tramworkers refusing to work after "alert" sounded. Minister of Labour to take what action he can
extract Cabinet agrees to make further concessions to USA in Caribbean. Colonial Secretary: This will "lead to major friction"
extract PM Churchill: President's speech yesterday "satisfactory". US committed to "implacable hostility and resistance" to Axis
extract Eden: US Naval Attaché Berlin has given a "depressing account" of the lack of success of our bombing raids on Berlin
extract Morrison: Recent raid on Manchester and last night's attack make it clear our firewatching organisation is "inadequate"
extract PM Churchill: "Fullest publicity should be given to the damage caused". No military objectives were aimed at
extract Morrison: Overnight damage to London comparable in severity to 7th September raid. Over 300 casualties
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
person Herbert Morrison
person Telesforo Trinidad
place City of London
place Plymouth
place Hungary
place Bermuda
place Caribbean
place Manchester, New Hampshire
place Liverpool
place Gibraltar
place Berlin
organisation Home Office
organisation Minister of Economic Warfare
organisation United States Congress
 

Tuesday 28th January 1941

Food Situation of the United Kingdom. Monthly Report for December 1940.

extract Food Minister: Imports short of projections by 13%. Wheat stocks "falling rapidly", eggs "down to half a week's supply"
place Great Britain
place City of London
place Greece
place South Wales
place Turkey
organisation Advanced Micro Devices
 

Tuesday 29th April 1941

Food Situation in the United Kingdom. Monthly Report for March 1941.

extract Food Minister warns March food losses at sea highest since July 1940 and second highest since the beginning of the war
place City of London
place South Wales
 

Tuesday 6th May 1941

Fire-fighting service in relation to present emergency requirements.

extract Home Secretary proposes nationalising Fire Brigade. Currently "impossible to secure sufficient unity" for major incidents
person Herbert Morrison
place City of London
organisation Home Office
 

Food Situation in the United Kingdom. Monthly Report for April, 1941.

extract Food Minister: Butter allowance may have to be reduced to 2 ozs at end of June. Increased cheese ration "may be possible"
place Great Britain
place City of London
 

Monday 30th June 1941

Food Situation in the United Kingdom. Monthly Report for May, 1941.

extract Minister of Food: Imports in May "substantially higher" than first four months of the year. Cheese ration to be increased
place Great Britain
place City of London
place North America
place Burma
organisation Advanced Micro Devices