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Canada (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2829 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 17 Aug 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/8/61a
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Cutting from the Evening Standard, report of interview with John Charlton, Canadian High Commissioner in London, on Canadian views of preferential tariffs.

Dates: 17 Aug 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Sep 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/8/72
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Letter from Goldwin Smith to WSC, on the failure of the Canadian harvest, and on opposition to protective tariffs in Canada.

Dates: 23 Sep 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/8/74
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Letter from Goldwin Smith to WSC, enclosing cutting from the Toronto Globe, on attitude of Canadian woollen manufacturers to protective tariffs.

Dates: 29 Sep 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/30
Scope and Contents Letter from Professor Goldwin Smith (The Grange, Toronto, [Canada]) to WSC enclosing a cutting on Free Trade from the Winnipeg Tribune [not present] and stating that he has yet to see an expression of definite support for Joseph Chamberlain's policy in any major journal in Canada or in the Canadian parliament. Refutes Chamberlain's assertion that only preferential duties could prevent the colonies severing themselves from the mother country and attributes the agitation to Chamberlain's...
Dates: 16 Apr 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/107
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Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC listing naval vessels built or being built in Canada that would be suitable for combatting enemy submarines and mining operations and asking if they can be temporarily assigned to the United States.

Dates: 10 Jul 1942
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), 11 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/40
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding Canadian opposition to reprisal measures against German prisoners-of-war and expressing hope that WSC will accept the offers of mediation made by the Protecting Power and the International Red Cross Committee.

Dates: 11 Oct 1942
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), 02 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/8
Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include:...
Dates: 02 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/68B/97
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Telegram from the British High Commissioner in Canada [Malcolm MacDonald] to WSC advising that the United States is sensitive to a Canadian presence in South America, so may object to plans for a Canadian garrison in the Falkland Islands.

Dates: 15 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/3-5
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Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] with the text of his statement in the Canadian House of Commons on the composition of the Imperial War Cabinet, and the power of decision still resting with the British War Cabinet: Australia's request for a right to a permanent equal voice in the British War Cabinet differs from Canadian requests.

Dates: 25 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/70/32
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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Canada [William Mackenzie King] clarifying the scope and functions of the Pacific War Council, and agreeing that it is not essential for Canada to be represented on the Council at this stage.

Dates: 13 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71A/92
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC welcoming the statement of policy for the "earliest possible realization of complete self government in India"; offers to make an early appointment of a High Commissioner for Canada in India.

Dates: 06 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/71B/172-173
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Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC commenting on Canadian support for the Indian mission of Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] and recognition of India as a self-governing Dominion: states that he has told Dr T V Soong [Tse-ven Sung, Chinese Foreign Minister] of the Dominions' sympathy for India's desire for self-government and that this will have been passed to Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek [Chinese nationalist leader].

Dates: 16 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/74/31
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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] advising that the time has come for the Canadian Government to terminate their relations with Vichy France.

Dates: 24 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/42
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding arrangements for British Liberators to use Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] and Goose [Labrador] airfields for servicing and refuelling during Atlantic patrols.

Dates: 19 Dec 1942
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), 23 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/85/55
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] marked "most secret and personal" thanking him for agreeing to the use of Goose [Labrador] and Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] airfields by British aircraft and commenting on the arrangements.

Dates: 23 Dec 1942
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), 11 Aug 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/95-96
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] marked "Most secret" stating: that as a result of discussions held with the Lord President of the Council in Washington it was decided that draft articles of an agreement to govern collaboration on the "Tube Alloys" [Atom Bomb Research] project should be recommended jointly to President Roosevelt and himself; that these draft articles established a Combined Policy Committee; that given the role Canada is playing in this project he...
Dates: 11 Aug 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94B/182-183
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Letter from WSC to John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] regarding Canada and the Combined Food Board, agreeing with the President Roosevelt's procedure but suggesting that the message to Canada be shortened omitting passages which may lead to comparisons with Canada and other countries and enclosing a proposed draft [see CHAR 20/94B/184 ] Signed.

Dates: 12 Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 18 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/42B/176-184
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Telegram from Government of Canada to Dominions Office with text of speech by Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to Canadian clubs of Ottawa [comparing the United States Civil War to the Second World War]. [See CHAR 20/42B/186 for WSC's reply].

Dates: 18 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/43/111
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Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC on changes in Canadian security, particularly in the port of Halifax as a result of Brigadier Craig's Port Security Mission recommendations.

Dates: [1941]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/46/33
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC advising that Canada has declared war on Finland, Romania and Hungary.

Dates: 06 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/73/137
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Telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC commenting on the decision of the United States to withdraw Admiral William Leahy [former United States Ambassador to France] from Vichy France and asking for WSC's opinion on whether Canada should maintain its diplomatic relations with Vichy.

Dates: 19 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/74/3
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Telegram from WSC to the Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] regarding continued diplomatic representation of Vichy France in Ottawa [Canada]: comments on the anxiety of Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to get rid of the Vichy Minister in South Africa but states that there would be no serious disadvantage to the adoption of a different policy in Canada.

Dates: 21 Apr 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/243
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Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] marked "personal and private" noting that "it is not proper for us to engage in reciprocal congratulations upon our various fortunes at the polls" but expressing his delight that King "had once again attained the position whence you can lead united Canada ever deeper into the union of the British Commonwealth and Empire".

Dates: 16 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/244-245
Scope and Contents Telegram from Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] to WSC marked "personal and private" commenting on the pleasure he derived from WSC's "charming personal message" after his election victory, and reporting on the splendid showing made in his own constituency despite the most unfavourable circumstances: " Prince Albert is as far from Ottawa as Cairo from London. Until the recent campaign I had only been able to visit the constituents once since the General Election five years ago". He...
Dates: 22 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/197B/246
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Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] marked "secret" and "private" commenting on King's success in the Canadian elections: "Although at times to British eyes things got rather mixed, I was always confident that Canada would stand by you as the pilot who weathered the storm. You and I, both being in the last lap of public life, can afford to be very bold in defence of the main causes for which we have fought".

Dates: 23 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open