Great Britain : House
of Commons Parliamentary papers
British House of Commons Parliamentary or Sessional Papers from 1688, along
with a detailed subject index.
United States
congressional serial set 1789-
Contains congressional documents and state papers.
Foreign relations of
the United States 1861-
This series presents the official documentary historical record of major
U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
Macmillan Cabinet
Papers 1957-1963
Offers access to 165 files (over 16,000 pages) from the former Prime
Minister, Harold Macmillan's Private Office. Included are records of meetings,
key policies, correspondence and memoranda to and from government advisors,
files on Ministers, etc.
Nixon Years
1969-1974
This project provides complete FCO 7 and FCO 82 files from The National
Archives, Kew, for the entire period of the Nixon administration, 1969-1974.
Includes FCO and British Embassy analyses of US policy decisions, White House
staff appointments and UN discussions, views on Europe, the deployment of F111
aircraft on US airbases in the UK and Nixon's battles over funding from
Congress, visits to the US by both Wilson and Heath, files on the internal
situation in the US and domestic reform all feature strongly. There are
detailed assessments of all the changes brought about by the Presidential
Elections of 1972.
Foreign Office Files
China 1949-1980
The complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and
Taiwan in this period. These files are particularly important because Britain
was one of the first countries to recognise Communist China. Includes:
Eye-witness accounts and detailed reports on life in China, 1949-1976.
In depth analysis of the Communist Revolution and all the major figures.
Material on the Korean War, the Cold War, US relations and the Cultural
Revolution.