Communism
Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), c 1920
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1944
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.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1944
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.
(Untitled), 15 Nov 1944
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1944
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.
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1945
German Telegraph Service report on CSC's visit to the Soviet Union entitled "Mrs Winston Gets Busy", suggesting she is being exploited by the Soviet authorities.
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] and General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving Scobie his orders regarding "neutralising or destroying" all EAM-ELAS [the Communist-led National Liberation Front and its military wing] bands approaching or rebelling in Athens [Greece].
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to British Ambassador to Greece [Reginald Leeper] marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that he should force George Papandreou [Prime Minister of Greece] to stand up to the threat of a Communist uprising in Athens [Greece]; that if Papandreou resigns he should be "locked up"; and that the defence of Athens and the maintenance of law and order is in the hands of General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece].
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to British Ambassador to Greece [Reginald Leeper] repeating his telegram to General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving him his orders regarding the defence of and maintaining order in Athens [Greece].
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Henry Wilson [later 1st Lord Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC marked "Personal" stating that General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] has ordered ELAS [Communist-led National Popular Liberation Army] troops to be clear of the Athens [Greece] area by midnight of 6 December; that Wilson is concerned about the ability of the Greek Government to see the disarmament programme through.
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
Telegram from British Ambassador to Greece [Reginald Leeper] to WSC marked "Personal" stating that he has carried out WSC's instructions; reporting a small battle near the British Embassy in Athens [Greece] and a shortage of whisky.
(Untitled), 05 Dec 1944
Telegram from General Sir Ronald Scobie [General Officer Commanding Greece] to WSC marked "Personal" thanking him for his message and promising to do his utmost to crush the rebellion by Greek communists.
(Untitled), 22 Apr 1945
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".
(Untitled), 26 Apr 1945
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.
(Untitled), 22 Jul 1954
(Untitled), 09 Feb 1954
Copy of a letter from "Ike" [Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States] (The White House, Washington} to WSC marked "personal" expressing pleasure at WSC's good health; commenting on outbursts by [Vyacheslav] Molotov [Soviet Union Foreign Minister]; the importance of unity between free nations; and future history and legacy of leaders. Typescript.
Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London: Growing up in interesting times, 2000-06
Autobiography of [Frederick] Gerard Friedlander [Friedrich Gerhart Friedlander], 1917-35, on his early life, and his mother Ruth Fischer, founder of the Austrian Communist Party, a prominent member of the German Communist Party, and a member of the "left" or Trotskyite opposition to Stalin in the Soviet Union.