Maysky Ivan

1884 – 1975

Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about Prime Minister N. Chamberlain’s speech in British Parliament and the plans of the Franco-British allies for turning the war in Europe into a protracted siege of Germany

12 October 1939

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 300, fold. 2078, ff. 156–158.

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Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about his conversation with British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs R. Butler on the re-establishment of peace in Europe, Polish borders after the war, British policy in the Far East, and Anglo-Soviet relations

17 October 1939

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 300, fold. 2078, ff. 176–180.

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Excerpt from the diary of Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky about the situation on the Western Front, the war at sea, and the reasons for the passivity of conflicting parties

24 October 1939

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 017а, ser. 1, box 2, fold. 7, ff. 294–296v.

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Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about the decision of the British government to send arms and munitions to Finland

26 December 1939

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 300, fold. 2078, f. 401.

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Cipher telegram from Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs V. Molotov to Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky about Soviet-German relations and the economic agreement with Germany

22 February 1940

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 326, fold. 2238, ff. 52–53.

Original. Autograph of V. Molotov

Excerpt from the transcript of a conversation between Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky and British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs R. Butler on 22 February 1940 about the peaceful settlement of the Soviet-Finnish conflict and the conditions for attaining peace between the two countries

10 March 1940

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 06, ser. 2, box 11, fold. 106, ff. 5–24.

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Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about the European diplomatic tour of US Under Secretary of State S. Welles

18 March 1940

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 325, fold. 2233, ff. 252–255.

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Excerpt from the diary of Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs V. Molotov: transcript of a conversation with German Ambassador to the USSR F. von der Schulenburg about the German invasion of Denmark and Norway, rumours of Anglo-Soviet trade talks, and current issues in Soviet-German relations

9 April 1940

Russian State Archive of Social and Political History

Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 299, ff. 45–50.

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Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about the discussion in British Parliament of the failures of the British Royal Navy

11 April 1940

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 325, fold. 2234, ff. 20–21.

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Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Great Britain I. Maisky to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about the military situation of Franco-British allies after the German breakthrough in the Ardennes

23 May 1940

Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 325, fold. 2234, ff. 186–188.

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