A file of reports, correspondence and memoranda concerning the worldwide evolution of Communism. The documents contain a report surveying the development of Communism in Africa; a summary of trends in communist propaganda, presented to the Russia Committee, spanning May 16–30 1950; the text of a BBC radio broadcast from the series Taking Stock discussing communist political trials; a report on the interrogation of a political prisoner in Czechoslovakia; and a group of further indications regarding Soviet foreign policy dating from mid to late June 1950. Other documents include a paper presented to the Russia Committee on East-West trade; a summary of the trends of communist propaganda spanning May 31–June 15, 1950; a paper regarding the implications of the Korean War for British defence policy; a further note on the role of the Soviet Union in Korea; and a report on the Stalinist theory of Colonial Revolution, referring to Africa.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- Afghanistan Algeria Bulgaria Burma China Czechoslovakia Egypt Finland French West Africa Germany Hungary Indochina Japan Korea Malaya Morocco Nigeria Iran South Africa Syria Tibet Tunisia Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
- Department Reference
- Code NS file 1052 (papers 58-71)
- Document Type
- Reports Correspondence Memoranda
- File Reference
- FO 371/86756
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.086756
- Note
- Documents in this file were retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958.
- Pages
- 241
- Persons Discussed
- Eric Berthoud Josef Stalin
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations Economics and Trade Domestic Politics
