Janus: The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

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The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Title	Public and political: British Council
Reference	GLLD 20
Covering Dates	1938–1940
Extent and Medium	3 boxes [16 files]

Content and context

Diaries from Lloyd's tours for the Council, with correspondence and other papers.

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Churchill/GLLD 20 contains:

Tours: South Africa. Diary of tour, letters from Blanche Lloyd in Kenya, press cuttings, and note. Also includes despatches concerning Cyprus and note of Sir Miles Lampson's [later 1st Baron Killearn] views on Egypt and Palestine.
1 file.

Jan 1938-Feb 1938

Tours: Romania. Press cuttings. In Romanian and French.
1 file.

Oct 1938

Tours: Near East. Tour of Malta, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Greece. Correspondence and some papers, on the tour itself and on British Council work. Includes detailed schedules for visit, letters to Blanche Lloyd, and letters arranged in alphabetical order. Also includes letters from Ian Greenlees and Father H. B. L. Hughes concerning help for the Maltese in Italy which are not part of the alphabetical sequence. Correspondents include: K. R. Johnstone, P. A. Argyropoulo, Viscountess [Violet] Milner, K. M. Messoud, and Sir Ronald Storrs. Also includes: correspondence, minutes, and records of conversations on the subject of proposed British Council Evening Institute in Cairo; record of conversation with Air Marshal Sir William Mitchell on the dangers of German and Italian propaganda in Egypt, Palestine and Iraq; record of conversation with Edward Scicluna of St Edward's College in Malta, and correspondence on the subject of Maltese communities in Tunis [Tunisia].
1 file.

May 1939

Tours: Balkan tour diary. Comprising: interview with Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grigore Gafencu; drafts and completed version of Balkan tour diary, and draft account of interview with Carol II, King of Romania.
1 file.

Nov 1939

Tours: Belgrade [Beograd] [Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro]. Papers, correspondence, and notes. Including: memoranda on Yugoslavia; notes on elections in Serbia; lists of lunch and dinner guests; report on classes in the English Reading Room at Zagreb [Croatia], and letter from Malcolm Bunn.
1 file.

Nov 1939

Tours: Bucharest [Romania]. Papers and correspondence. Including draft diary of Balkan tour, including of Bucharest. Diary includes records of Lloyd's interviews with: Boris III, King of Bulgaria; Gheorgi Kiossevanoff [Prime Minister of Bulgaria]; Prince Paul of Yugoslavia; Vladko Macek [Croatian politician]. Also includes: communications between the British Naval Attaché in Belgrade and the Director of Naval Intelligence concerning possible German action regarding the Danube and the British response to it; detailed diary of visit to Spain and meeting with General Franco [19-23 Oct 1939]; telegram from Lloyd to the Foreign Office recounting interview with Carol II, King of Romania and letter from Lloyd to Viscount Halifax [Edward Wood, earlier Lord Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax] on the same subject, and proposed plan to evacuate aeroplanes bought by Imperial Airways from the Polish LOT company out of Romania.
1 file.

Oct 1939-Nov 1939

Tours: Rome [Italy]. Comprising: paper on the inauguration of the British Institute at Rome; letter to Lloyd from Josiah Wedgwood, accusing him of working with Franco, Mussolini, and Balkan kings against the Russians in the Balkans; notes by Lloyd, and agenda for discussion with Lloyd about British Council matters in Italy.
1 file.

Nov 1939-Dec 1939

Tours: Sofia [Bulgaria]. Papers and correspondence, mostly copies of letters by G. W. Rendel [British Minister in Sofia] and of correspondence between Rendel and Lieutenant-Colonel A. Ross [Military Attaché]. Letters from Rendel are to Viscount Halifax [Edward Wood, earlier Lord Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax] concerning Lloyd's visit and events that took place in the course of it, and Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen concerning conversation with Numan [?Turkish politician] on a possible settlement between Turkey and Bulgaria. Correspondence between Rendel and Ross on subjects including: intelligence received concerning Bulgaria; national alliances within the Balkans, and Rendel's belief in the threat to Bulgaria from Russia. Also includes memorandum by Ross on policy towards Bulgaria. Other documents comprise: letter from Lloyd to Philip Nichols, Foreign Office; letter from Sir Ronald Storrs to the King of Bulgaria, and itinerary for Lloyd's visit to Sofia.
1 file.

Nov 1939

'The British Case': correspondence. Correspondence concerning publication by Lloyd as President of the British Council, 'The British Case'. Including: correspondence on international distribution and translations; letters of appreciation, and correspondence with Neville Chamberlain's office on him writing the foreword to the school edition. Also includes draft of foreword to the American edition by Viscount Halifax [Edward Wood, earlier Lord Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax].
1 file.

1939–1940

'The British Case': correspondence. Correspondence concerning publication by Lloyd as President of the British Council, 'The British Case'. Including: correspondence on producing an edition for schools, with a foreword by Neville Chamberlain; correspondence concerning international distribution and translations; letters of appreciation, and draft French translation of 'The British Case'. With correspondents including Duff Cooper [later 1st Viscount Norwich], Douglas Jerrold [of the publishers Eyre and Spottiswoode], and Neville Chamberlain's office.
1 file.

1940

Correspondence: Cyprus. Correspondence with Lewis J. Grant [Principal of Cyprus College, Nicosia, Cyprus]. Mostly on education, including the state of English teaching in Cyprus and Lloyd's desire for more Muslim children to be educated. Includes Grant's suggestions for and plan of a British Institute in Cyprus, and a memorandum entitled 'English Language and English Culture in Cyprus'. Also includes political news and comment, including: Grant's reaction to the appointment of a new governor, translations of statements in the local press responding to German claims that Cypriots were pressing for union with Greece, and Grant's thoughts concerning the government's attitude towards Cypriot Turks.
1 file.

1938–1939

Correspondence: Middle East. Correspondence with C. A. F. Dundas, the British Council's representative in the Middle East. Also includes material on Cyprus. On subjects including: Dundas' tour of the Middle East; relations between the Anglo-Egyptian Union, Cairo, the British Council and the proposed Anglo-Egyptian Union in Alexandria; British Council affairs in Athens; educational establishments; inauguration of a British Institute in Nicosia [Cyprus], and possibility of an Institute at Assiut [Asyut, Egypt]. Includes letter by Dundas reporting on the extent of German propaganda in Iraq. Also includes a small number of letters to Mrs Dundas, and correspondence with Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Bernard Reilly [Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden] concerning Dundas' proposed visit to Yemen, and letters of introduction by Lloyd on Dundas' behalf.
1 file.

1939–1940

Correspondence: records of conversations. Accounts of conversations between Lloyd and: Mr Noel Paton, concerning Noel Paton's meeting with Mr Tsouderos, under house arrest in Greece; Mr Ruthenberg, concerning Palestine; Wing-Commander James, concerning countering the effects of German propaganda on Phalangist and Anti-Senuer leader, and Dr Petrie, on Italians in Yemen. Also contains minutes of meeting Lloyd's room to discuss possibilities of propaganda in Muslim countries, and transcript of conversation with Spanish editors.
1 file.

June 1939-July 1939

Correspondence: resignation as Chairman of the British Council. Includes letters concerning possible future employment, letters of commiseration, and letters of appreciation from people who have worked with him. From correspondents including Maurice Hankey [1st Baron Hankey], Charles Bridge, and Kenneth Johnstone.
1 file.

Sept 1939

Correspondence: London mosque. Correspondence concerning plans to establish a central mosque in London, supported by Lloyd. With correspondents including: the Egyptian Ambassador to the UK [Hassan Nashaat]; Leo Amery; Viscount Halifax [Edward Wood, earlier Lord Irwin, later 1st Earl of Halifax], and 'Hopie' [Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India]. Includes correspondence with William Gibson of the estate agents Knight, Frank and Rutley, concerning potential sites for the mosque. Also includes: letter to Halifax reporting a conversation between Lloyd and Chamberlain on the subject; a memorandum putting the case for a mosque to the Prime Minister [drafted when Neville Chamberlain in office, but sent when Winston Churchill in office] and Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Kingsley Wood], and opinions by men consulted as experts.
1 file.

1940

Correspondence: miscellaneous. Comprising: memorandum sent by Lloyd to members of the British Council, reporting on conversation between himself and Hannen Swaffer [journalist] concerning Swaffer's desire to publish articles attacking the Ministry of Information [28 Mar 1940], and press cutting concerning David Lloyd working at the British Council.
1 file [2 items].

1939–1940