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Notes of conversations with Lord Brimelow |
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Notes of conversations with Lord Brimelow
| Title |
Notes of conversations with Lord Brimelow |
| Reference |
GBR/0014/BIMO |
| Creator |
Brimelow, Thomas, 1915-1995, Baron Brimelow of Tyldesley |
| Covering Dates |
20 Apr 1982–21 Apr 1982 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 file; paper |
| Repository |
Churchill Archives Centre |
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| Content and context |
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Lord Brimelow was born 25 October 1915, the son of William and Hannah Brimelow. He married Jean E. Cull (died 1993) in 1945 and they had two daughters. He died 2 August 1995. Brimelow was in charge of the Consular Section of the British Embassy in Moscow, 1942 - 45. He joined the Foreign Office in 1945. He held posts all over the world including Havana (1948), Moscow (1951), Ankara (1954), Washington (1960 - 63), and was Minister at the British Embassy in Moscow, 1963 - 66. Brimelow was Ambassador to Poland, 1966 - 69 and Head of the Diplomatic Service, 1973 - 75.
The topic of the conversations covered include Foreign Office attitudes to the Soviet Bloc and Foreign Office personnel in the late 1940s, as well as the conferences at Yalta and Potsdam.
The typescript of his conversations with Lord Brimelow was deposited at Churchill Archives Centre in 1983 by Michael Burd.
The collection is owned by Churchill College.
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Access and Use
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.
Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.
Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, Notes of conversations with Lord Brimelow, BIMO
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| Further information |
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The papers of Sir Frank Roberts and Sir Alexander Cadogan (which are mentioned in the conversations) are also held at Churchill Archives Centre.
This collection (fonds) level description was prepared by Louise King, March 2003, using information from "Who Was Who 1897-1996" (A & C Black) and information from the deposit.
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| Index Terms |
| Diplomacy |
| East West Relations |
| Russia |
| Second World War (1939-1945) |
| Brimelow, Thomas (1915-1995) Baron Brimelow of Tyldesley |
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Notes on two conversations between Lord Brimelow and Michael Burd. The topics of discussion follow a roughly chronological timetable of the events of 1945. Topics discussed during the first conversation were Poland, Yalta (February 1945), Lord Brimelow's first day at the Foreign Office, the Foreign Office and problems with Russia in 1945, the repatriation of Soviet citizens after the Second World War, Anglo-Soviet relations in 1945, the organization of the Foreign Office, Foreign Office personnel and individuals, Anglo-American co-operation, Communist ideology, and Potsdam (July 1945). Topics discussed during the second conversation were Foreign Office individuals, Stalin and the Politburo, the Hopkins Mission, the Russian elections, Democracy, the Yalta Declaration on liberated territories, finance, the London Council of Foreign Ministers, and the atomic bomb.
1 file. |
20 Apr 1982–21 Apr 1982 |
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