File

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/145/41/1-100
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1 Jan-28 Feb 1941
  • Physical Description
    • 100 pieces

Scope and Content

The file contains correspondence and reports concerning domestic and foreign affairs, including reports on the state of the British navy and army, accounts of meetings between Anthony Eden and Joseph Stalin and a meeting between Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier and Edvard Beneš about the Czechoslovakian Jews. There are also materials concerning Yugloslavia, Spain, Iraq, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Japan, Denmark, and relations between Jews and Arabs in Palestine. Additionally, there is a significant amount of materials concerning the deportation of Jewish refugees from Palestine and mobilising Jewish forces in Palestine. Finally, there are air raid reports, accounts of meetings concerning censorship of the British press, British agriculture, shortages, and rationing, and the British Home Guard.