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Catalogue of Bromhead Collection - BRO/2/1-BRO/2/4 item descriptions

BRO/2/1 - Correspondence between Bromhead and the British Government Committee for Propaganda and reports by Bromhead (Feb 1916-Sept 1917)

Previous number: item 3

Contents: correspondence between Bromhead and the Committee for Propaganda and a few related papers (Oct 1916-Sept 1917) also his reports to the committee. The reports contained are nos 1-13 and 15 (Feb 1916-Jan 1917), they mainly concern the work of the mission but sometimes mention wider issues such as the role of propaganda and the situation in Russia. Related papers include -

(Languages) English

See also: official copies of Bromhead's reports are held at The National Archives (ref FO/371/2824, FO/371/2825 and FO/395/25). The propaganda film "Britain prepared" which is often referred to in this correspondence is available for viewing at the Imperial War Museum.

1 envelope

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BRO/2/2 - Reports from Bromhead to the British Government Committee for Propaganda (June-Sept 1917;Feb 1918)

Previous number: item 4

Contents: reports (June-Sept 1917) from Bromhead to the Committee for Propaganda and a few related papers (Feb 1918) and his reports to them. The reports contained are nos 2/1-2/8. They mainly concern the work of the mission but also mention the situation in Russia for example in report 2/1 (June 1917) Bromhead tells of entering Russia on the same train as Lenin and his party.

(Languages) English

1 envelope

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BRO/2/3 - Correspondence and papers received by Bromhead while in Russia and Russian printed materials (1915-1917)

Previous number: item 9

Contents: correspondence and papers received by Bromhead while in Russia (1916-1917) mainly from Russian correspondents but also from the British Embassy in Petrograd; Also a few pieces of Russian printed material (1915-1917) including -

(Languages) English & French & Russian & (small amount) Swedish

1 envelope

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BRO/2/4 - Memo by Bernard Pares (1918)

Previous number: item 2

Contents: memo by Bernard Pares, who spent much of the war in Russia, reporting back from the front to the British Government.

(Languages) English

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