...thing or two about football, gambled that the North Koreans were insufficiently talented to reach the final. Finally, the FO had to negotiate the messier issue of the signs...
...activities at home and overseas, and to look for long-term counter-measures. Lacking Intelligence? Yet there remained significant intelligence gaps. In marked contrast to the successes enjoyed by British intelligence in...
...the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, contracted it on 12 September. It was not even discussed in Parliament until late October 1918. Yet the warning signs were already there. Chemists...
...(Santa Fe) to Cordova, approximately 250 miles. The cost was £6000 per mile. The concession, signed on 26 May 1863, granted 6 miles of land in breadth along the route,...
...Britain's Know How Fund in Post-Communist Europe, 1989-2003 (Routledge, 2013) Keep tabs on the past: sign up for our email alerts Follow our Foreign & Commonwealth Historians on Twitter @FCOHistorians...
...that year became Foreign Secretary, led the committee. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919 signifying the official end to the war. Victory Day would be on...
...was a problem. The radio signal needed to be strong enough to look like it came from Germany. To create such a strong signal, the radio transmitter had to be...
...evacuation plans for non-combatants, particularly in the world's most politically volatile regions. The long history of evacuation still continues. Keep tabs on the past. Sign up for our email alerts....
...response. Germany was once again at war, but not the limited war Hitler had intended at this stage against an Eastern neighbour. Keep tabs on the past: sign up for...
...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...