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Monthly Archives: August 2009
31.8.39.
Ringwood [1] (Hants). 24-29.8.39 hot, yesterday & today fairly heavy rain. Blackberries are ripening in this district. Finches beginning to flock. Very heavy mists in the early mornings. [1] See 565, 28.8.39, n. 1.
31.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. No definite news. Poland has called up more reserves but this does not yet amount to full mobilization. German occupation of Slovakia continues & 300, 000 men said to be now at strategic points on Polish … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged A.E.U., Anderson shelters, Bevan, children, Emergency Powers Act, evacuation, Gallacher, German occupation of Slovakia, German persecution of Jews, Hitler, Hyde Park speakers, Lansbury Wilson, London, Maxton, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, New York world fair, Paris, POland, reserves, Ribbentrop, Sir J. Anderson, Ted Bramley, Voroshilov, Wilkinson
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30.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. Virtually no news. Communications are passing to & from but the Cabinet are revealing nothing. Parliament adjurned° for a week. King of the Belgians offering to mediate, which Poles have accepted & Germans express themselves sympathetic … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged Churchill, Germans, Harold Nicolson, King of Belgium, L.M., oil, Poles, Rumania, Russian troops, Soviet Parliament, Stck Exchange
4 Comments
29.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. N. Henderson has returned to Berlin with Brit. Gov.t’s reply & Parliament meets this afternoon when presumably the affair will be elucidated. 2. E[mergency].P[owers]. Act coming into force. Admiralty has not only assumed control of the … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged Admiralty, Emergency Powers Act, evacuation, Japanese, Labour Party, Mosley, N. Henderson, petrol, sado-masochism
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24.8.39.
Hot. Planted 2 rows leeks (about 75 plants). There are 5 different colours of larkspurs coming out. 9 eggs (4 small).
24.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. Russo-German Pact signed. Terms given in Berlin (File War etc.)[1] suggest close pact & no “escape” clause. This evening’s radio news gives confirmation in Moscow in same terms. Official statement from Moscow that “enemies of both … Continue reading
23.8.39.
Hot. Dug some more of the patch for leeks, transferred the cockerels (5) to the small pen, deloused the hen-houses. Great trouble getting rid of the red mite, which multiplies very fast in this weather. They have to be burned … Continue reading
23.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. Parliament meeting tomorrow. Emergency Powers Act will be passed. Certain classes of reservists called up. The King returning to London. Reservists being called up in France & Germany. Legislation to be hurried through Parliament to prevent … Continue reading
Posted in Leading Up to War, Political
Tagged Communist Party, copper, Emergency Powers Act, nickel, railway strike, reservists, shares, The King
6 Comments
22.8.39.
Foreign & General 1. Officially stated in Berlin that Ribbentropp° flies to Moscow tomorrow to sign non-agression° pact with U.S.S.R. News later confirmed from Moscow by Tass Agency, in a way that seems to make it clear that pact will … Continue reading
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