A file of reports, memoranda, and correspondence generated by the Permanent Under-Secretary's Committee (PUSC) in 1949. Subjects discussed in this file include British overseas commitments, their financial cost, and the possibility of reducing them; overseas sterling holdings; British policy towards the spread of Soviet communism; the economic consequences of British foreign policy; a report on the first session of the Council on Europe; the distribution of PUSC papers and reports; conversations with George Kennan about a variety of subjects including the development of the Cold War; the future and possible reunification of Germany and the Soviet attitude towards this possibility; Inter-Asian relations and nationalism; further European integration; and American foreign policy and relations with other nations.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Afghanistan Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Burma Canada Ceylon China Czechoslovakia Egypt England Finland Formosa France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Holland Hungary Iceland India Indochina Indonesia Iraq Israel Italy Japan Jordan Korea Libya Luxembourg Malaya Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Ottoman Empire Pakistan Palestine Persia Philippines Poland Portugal Réunion Romania Russia Russian Empire Siam Singapore South Africa South Korea Soviet Union Sudan Transjordan Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Vietnam Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/578/2
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/578
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0578.002
- Keywords
- Occupied Germany Foreign Policy Finances Communism Anglo-soviet Relations Soviet Foreign Policy European Integration Economy Publications Information Sharing Nationalism Former Colonies American Foreign Policy Isolationism Anglo-american Relations British Overseas Commitments
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Communist Information Bureau Commonwealth Relations Office Foreign Office Ministry of Defence North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Permanent Under-Secretary's Committee Services Liaison Department United Nations Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 192
- Persons Discussed
- Ernest Bevin Edward Bridges Norman Brook Adolf Hitler Frederick Hoyer Millar Gladwyn Jebb Joachim von Ribbentrop Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin William Strang Horace Wilson
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
