The Zimmermann telegram and Room 40
...thought that their signals might also be collected. If the Germans then became aware of this and changed their codes, the intelligence advantage would be lost. Only when the Admiralty...
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Reopening the British Embassy following the liberation of Paris
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, Second World War
...Embassy Counsellor. Holman had arrived earlier in the month with the combination codes to the safes and 50,000 francs in cash. He took possession of the building from the Swiss...
Lord Palmerston and the ‘civis Romanus sum’ principle
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David Brown, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, No 10 guest historian series, Parliament
...deeper story of British support for liberal constitutional progress and the promotion of self-government by free peoples against perceived absolutist despotism throughout the world, whether that be through backing constitutionalists...
What’s the Context? Sentencing of atomic spy Klaus Fuchs, 1 March 1950
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...United States, promoting free trade and convertible currencies, certainly preferred a European bloc, including Britain, to a collection of awkward independent countries. During negotiations for the implementation of the Marshall...
The death of Edward the Confessor and the conflicting claims to the English Crown
...might expect to see if the Confessor was attempting to promote him as a potential successor. The rival claims of Harold and William – which would of course be ultimately...
Britain and the Revolutions in Eastern Europe in 1989
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
It has been 30 years since Communist rule in Eastern Europe finally ended with mass demonstrations, an end to one-Party rule, free elections and the opening of borders. Illegal organisations,...
Gift Horses and Horoscopes
...Board of Agriculture was Captain Henry Greer, a Steward of the Jockey Club and a member of the Irish Turf Club, who had offered to perform the role free of...
Number 10 under Lloyd George 1916-1922
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Kenneth O Morgan, Posted on:
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Home affairs, No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10
...the British government’s terms for the creation of the Irish Free State. For the first time, the two sides walked around the table; British Ministers shook hands with those Lloyd...
What’s The Context? 8 January 1959: Fidel Castro enters Havana in triumph
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...and Jordan, a show of force intended to deter Nasser from becoming closer to Moscow. Meanwhile, the UK Government under Harold Macmillan was preoccupied with unsuccessful efforts to promote a...
The Aberdeen Coalition
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Professor Angus Hawkins, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10
...the Conservative Party split over the repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws in 1846). Although the Cabinet was united in their advocacy of Free Trade, this rich political compound contained...