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Prime Minister's Office records:
PREM8 Correspondence and papers,
1945-1951
1578 files
Topics include food supply, railways, foreign policy, housing, Germany, armed forces, India. PREM8 is arranged chronologically, and by topic alphabetically within each year, eg 1945, 8/1 - 8/124.
[PREM8/101]
1945
Scientific research: Sir Henry Tizard's report on future development in weapons and methods of war.
[PREM8/109]
1945
Tube Alloys: statements on the atomic bomb.
[PREM8/110]
1945
Tube Alloys: Anglo-USA-Netherlands agreement for the supply of thorium.
[PREM8/111]
1945
Tube Alloys: uranium deposits in Sweden.
[PREM8/112]
1945
Tube Alloys: Australian interest in atomic energy.
[PREM8/113]
1945
Tube Alloys: arrangements with leader of the opposition for limiting Parliamentary questions on atomic energy in the national interest.
[PREM8/114]
1945
Tube Alloys: memorandum by British group of scientists at Berkeley urging international control of atomic energy.
[PREM8/115]
1945
Tube Alloys: Professor P M S Blackett's memorandum on atomic energy.
[PREM8/116]
1945
Tube Alloys: international control of atomic energy.
[PREM8/117]
1945
Tube Alloys: co-operation between USA, UK and Canadian governments.
[PREM8/118]
1945
Tube Alloys: Moscow Foreign Minister's meeting, proposed commission for the control of atomic energy.
[PREM8/175]
1946
White paper on defence policy.
[PREM8/361]
1946
Tube Alloys: Prime Minister interviewed Sir John Anderson after his return from USA.
[PREM8/362]
1946
Tube Alloys: invitation by USA Government for British Government to send two observers for atomic bomb tests.
[PREM8/363]
1946
Tube Alloys: statement on control of atomic energy to be made by Secretary of State for Air at General Assembly of United Nations Organisation.
[PREM8/364]
1946
Tube Alloys: Official Committee on Atomic Energy.
[PREM8/365]
1946
Tube Alloys: report of Scientific and Technical Committee of United Nations Commission on Atomic Energy.
[PREM8/366]
1946
Tube Alloys: Atomic Energy Bill.
[PREM8/367]
1945-1946
Tube Alloys: co-operation between the UK, USA and Canadian governments.
[PREM8/368]
1946
Tube Alloys; report from Lord Halifax about his farewell conversation with the President on Tube Alloys co-operation.
[PREM8/369]
1946
Tube Alloys: Lord Portal's proposed visit to America and Canada.
[PREM8/370]
1946
Tube Alloys; report recommending Government grants for nuclear physics research equipment for universities be accepted by the Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy.
[PREM8/371]
1946
Tube Alloys: proposed visit to Australia by Professor Mark Oliphant.
[PREM8/372]
1946
Tube Alloys: atomic energy, uranium supplies.
[PREM8/373]
1945-1946
Tube Alloys: interrogation of German scientists in UK and their subsequent return to Germany.
[PREM8/906]
1948
Tube Alloys: extract from Lady Parmoor's letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer enquiring about the organisation for dealing with atomic energy in the UK.
[PREM8/907]
1945-1948
Tube Alloys: discussions with FM J C Smuts concerning supply of uranium from South Africa.
[PREM8/908]
1945-1948
Tube Alloys: case of Corby and Primrose acting as agents for Soviet Union to obtain information about tube alloys. Report from Canadian Royal Commission, 1946.
[PREM8/909]
1945-1948
Tube Alloys: appointment of Lord Portal as controller of atomic energy production.
[PREM8/910]
1947-1948
Tube Alloys: correspondence between Prime Minister and Minister of Supply on use of official photographs of Harwell for atomic train exhibition.
[PREM8/911]
1947-1948
Tube Alloys: proposals agreed that research and development work on atomic energy be undertaken.
[PREM8/912]
1948
Tube Alloys: suggestion by Sir Robert Robinson, that a chemical engineer should be added to the Government's advisory panels on atomic energy.
[PREM8/959]
1949
Defence (organisation): suggestion to equip certain squadrons of the Royal Air Force with B29s.
[PREM8/1092]
1947-1949
Tube Alloys: disbanding the Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy. Creation of the Atomic Energy (Defence Research) Commission and other bodies.
[PREM8/1093]
1949
Tube Alloys: suggestion by Minister of Supply that Crown Film Unit be allowed to make a film from the best of the non-secret material about atomic energy. Prime Minister disagreed.
[PREM8/1094]
1949
Tube Alloys: construction of diffusion plant at Capenhurst.
[PREM8/1095]
1947-1949
Tube Alloys: UK policy on international control of atomic energy.
[PREM8/1096]
1949
Tube Alloys: recall of Lord Portal from visits to Brazil for atomic energy talks.
[PREM8/1097]
1949
Tube Alloys: Minister of Defence forwarding note relating to talk with Senator Brien McMahon on atomic energy development in USA.
[PREM8/1098]
1949
Tube Alloys: Prime Minister wrote to the Minister of Supply relating to effect on the atomic energy programme of dropping the third pile.
[PREM8/1099]
1949
Tube Alloys: invitation to USA representatives to see British atomic energy effort.
[PREM8/1100]
1949
Tube Alloys: UK - US exchange of information on atomic weapons.
[PREM8/1101]
1949
Tube Alloys: views of Sir Henry Tizard on present atomic energy position and Soviet Union.
[PREM8/1102]
1949
Tube Alloys: proposed discussions with Canada on collaboration in atomic energy field in event of war.
[PREM8/1103]
1949
Tube Alloys: development of atomic energy in Australia for industrial purposes.
[PREM8/1104]
1949
Tube Alloys: enquiry by USA Senate Committee into work of USA Atomic Energy Commission. Possible disclosure of secret documents including Quebec Agreement 1943, and Agreements of 1944 and 1945.
[PREM8/1105]
1949
Prime Minister's complaint about a press announcement on the production of plutonium at Harwell being made without previous consultation with him.
[PREM8/1154]
1950
Defence (organisation); letters from FM B L Montgomery to Chief of the Imperial General Staff on the 'Dangerous situation in Europe' and West European defence and memoranda on fighting on Elbe and Holland. Also co-ordination between Montgomery and ministers.
[PREM8/1156]
1950
Defence (organisation): suggested visit of Prime Minister to Washington for meeting with President Harry S Truman for discussions with USA on international situation, Korea and defence.
[PREM8/1157]
1950
Defence (organisation): national defence and ability of armed forces to meet an emergency.
[PREM8/1160]
1949-1950
Defence (organisation): Winston Churchill's comments on Defence Committee papers lent to him by the Prime Minister.
[PREM8/1161]
1949-1950
Defence (organisation): draft white paper on defence, 1950.
[PREM8/1162]
1949-1950
Defence (research): defence research and production programmes 1949-1950: Prime Minister's anxiety that problem of submarine menace be considered jointly by Navy and Air Force; service production programmes, 1950-1951; disclosure of defence information.
[PREM8/1163]
1949-1950
Defence (research): guided weapons research and development: transfer of additional higher grade assistants to the guided weapons programme; comparison of American and British progress on guided missiles; demonstration of experimental guided weapon at Larkhill, Wiltshire.
[PREM8/1200]
1950
Foreign policy: Prime Minister's visit to Washington for talks with President Harry S Truman; records of Prime Minister's meeting with Canadian Cabinet.
[PREM8/1202]
1950
Foreign policy: visit of Dean Acheson, US Secretary of State, to London for discussions: tripartite discussions between UK, USA and France.
[PREM8/1203]
1950
Foreign policy: Foreign Office paper, 'Western European International Organisations' and further paper prepared by the Permanent Under Secretary's committee on the future of Germany.
[PREM8/1204]
1950
Foreign policy: UK-USA bipartite discussions in London, May 1950.
[PREM8/1205]
1949-1950
Foreign policy: setting up of a Western Union Defence Co-ordinating Committee of officials for discussions on financial, military and supply questions, for the defence of the Western Powers which was abolished in 1950.
[PREM8/1207]
1950
France (miscellaneous): notes for use by the Prime Minister when dining with the French Ambassador on 4 Sep 1950 to meet Jules Moch the French Minister of Defence and note of conversation between Prime Minister and French Ambassador on 7 Sep 1950.
[PREM8/1244]
1950
Navy (general): proposed development of a nuclear fuel submarine, Prime Minister's approval for statement by First Lord of the Admiralty in the House of Commons.
[PREM8/1294]
1947-1950
Tube Alloys: official publicity on atomic energy: new rules on declassification and publication of technical information; disclosure to the North Atlantic Treaty powers of atomic energy expenditure.
[PREM8/1295]
1950
Tube Alloys: atomic energy programme: Prime Minister's meeting with Lord Portal; meeting of Atomic Energy (M) Cabinet Committee; proposed visit by Prime Minister to Windscale in Jan 1951.
[PREM8/1296]
1950
Tube Alloys: new atomic energy establishment: proposed site at Aldermaston near Reading.
[PREM8/1297]
1950
Tube Alloys: filming of pipeline operations at atomic energy works at Windscale: Prime Minister's opposition to publicity.
[PREM8/1298]
1950
Tube Alloys: Prime Minister's request for more information about the references in the press to the first large international conference on atomic energy to be held in the UK in Sep.
[PREM8/1299]
1950
Tube Alloys: press article and photos on Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, called 'BEPO'; press notice on proposal to include a model of BEPO in atomic energy exhibit at British Industries Fair.
[PREM8/1300]
1950
Tube Alloys: notification by the Minister of Supply of the proposed publication by his department of a booklet on atomic energy.
[PREM8/1429]
1950-1951
Foreign policy: German contribution to Western defence.
[PREM8/1430]
1951
Foreign policy: record of conversation between the Secretary of State for War and Gen Dwight D Eisenhower giving the latter's view on the formation of a European Army.
[PREM8/1431]
1947-1951
Foreign policy: Western Union.
[PREM8/1432]
1951
Foreign policy: memorandum on points likely to arise during visit to Washington and Ottawa of Foreign Secretary for talks with Foreign Ministers, Dean Acheson and M. Schuman; Foreign Secretary's report to the Cabinet following his visit.
[PREM8/1438]
1951
Foreign policy: messages exchanged between the Prime Minister and President Harry S Truman on situation in Korea and confirmation of joint policy.
[PREM8/1439]
1951
Foreign policy: memorandum by the Foreign Secretary on USA policy and risk of provoking war.
[PREM8/1546]
1950-1951
Tube Alloys: facilities for testing atomic weapons: use of American testing ground at Eniwetok.
[PREM8/1547]
1951
Tube Alloys: clandestine use of atomic weapons: possibility of atomic attack without formal declaration of war.
[PREM8/1548]
1947-1951
Tube Alloys: security meeting in London, Jul 1951, for tripartite talks on organisation of atomic energy. Atomic energy personnel security.
[PREM8/1549]
1951
Tube Alloys: Minister of Supply's wish to publish book on work and problems at Harwell: Prime Minister did not approve on grounds of too much publicity.
[PREM8/1550]
1951
Tube Alloys: appointment of successors to Lord Portal, Controller of Atomic Energy, and M W Perrin, Deputy Controller of Research: approach to Lord Tedder regarding the former appointment and to Lord Fraser. Appointment of Gen Sir Frederick Morgan.
[PREM8/1551]
1951
Tube Alloys: article in New York Herald Tribune on UK atomic weapons programme.
[PREM8/1552]
1951
Tube Alloys: resumption of tripartite collaboration between UK, Canada and US.
[PREM8/1553]
1950-1951
Tube Alloys: proposed creation of an atomic energy corporation.
[PREM8/1554]
1945-1951
Tube Alloys: large scale production of atomic energy: use of Harwell, proposal to build gaseous diffusion plant: UK pile, production of plants at Springfields and Risley: approval by Prime Minister for addition of high separation diffusion plant.
[PREM8/1555]
1951
Tube Alloys: co-operation with Belgium on atomic energy: uranium from Belgian Congo; uranium supplies.
[PREM8/1556]
1951
Tube Alloys: letter by Lord Cherwell to the Prime Minister about the organisation of work on atomic energy.
[PREM8/1557]
1951
Tube Alloys: information on nuclear reactions to be made public: BBC broadcast in north regional programme on atomic production establishments in the north of England.
[PREM8/1558]
1951
Tube Alloys: development of atomic energy in Australia to be raised by Australian Prime Minister at meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers: technical talks on co-operation with UK.
[PREM8/1559]
1950-1951
Tube Alloys: letter from Prime Minister to Winston Churchill about clause in Quebec Agreement which had been allowed to lapse: question also raised by Mr R Blackburn MP; Prime Minister's meeting with Churchill on 31 Jan 1951.
[PREM8/1560]
1950-1951
Tube Alloys: note of President Harry S Truman's undertaking on use of atomic bomb: exchange of UK and US records of meetings between Prime Minister and President Truman during his visit to Washington.
[PREM8/1561]
1948-1951
United Nations Organisation: Foreign Secretary's summary of present position in Military Staff Committee, Atomic Energy Commission and Disarmament Commission.
[PREM8/1567]
1951
US Ambassador's visit to the Prime Minister to ask about announcement on defence preparations.
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