A file of reports, correspondence and memoranda concerning the evolution of worldwide Communism. The documents discuss a wide-ranging survey of forty-six countries regarding questions including the international legality of Communism, the development of Communism within each country, and its subversive threat; anti-Stalinist Communism and how Britain could potentially work with it to undermine the Soviet Union; a speech by Dean Acheson, the United States Secretary of State; a report on the World Federation of Trade Unions; and Communism in Latin America. Other documents include a report on the trends found within communist propaganda from early 1950; a draft summary of indications regarding Soviet foreign policy, featuring an in-depth study of Soviet relations with China; notes to Clement Attlee, the British prime minister, on the development of anti-Stalinist Communism; and a letter from the British ambassador in Caracas regarding the development of Communism in Venezuela.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burma Chile Colombia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Finland France Germany Greece Haiti Iceland Indochina Indonesia Iraq Israel Italy Japan Jordan Lebanon Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Panama Paraguay Iran Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Thailand South Korea Spain Sweden Syria Trieste Turkey Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic Of)
- Department Reference
- Code NS file 1052 (papers 12-21)
- Document Type
- Reports Correspondence Memoranda
- File Reference
- FO 371/86751
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.086751
- Note
- Documents in this file were retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958.
- Pages
- 252
- Persons Discussed
- Charles de Gaulle Clement Attlee Dean Acheson Harry Truman Josef Stalin Josip Broz Tito Mao Zedong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations Domestic Politics Media and Culture
