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Appointment and Engagement Diary,

Contains brief notes of appointments and engagements and other points to jog the memory. For part of the year Gareth Jones was in the United States, later at London.

'Churt, 1931',

Notebook labelled 'Churt 1931' and containing notes on political subjects including unemployment, foreign affairs and the 1931 National Government, prepared while Gareth Jones was in the employ of David Lloyd George as a researcher.

Diary kept at Trinity College, Cambridge;

A pocket diary, 1928-1929, kept by Gareth Jones when he was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge. It contains only very brief notes of his appointments, engagements and activities.

Diary of service with Lloyd George,

Contains detailed entries, 31 December 1929-13 November 1930, mainly recounting his experiences while Gareth Jones was a researcher in the employ of David Lloyd George.

Diary of tour of Russia,

Describes his travels in the USSR, records conversations with the people whom he meets, and events which he witnesses there. There are detailed comments on peasant society, trade and the Russian economy, health conditions, education etc. This is diary 1 of 3 detailing the famine in Ukraine. See also B1/16 and B1/13.

File of research notes and typescripts assembled by G.V.J. while in the employ of D Lloyd George. The subjects discussed ...,

File of research notes and typescripts assembled by G.V.J. while in the employ of D Lloyd George. The subjects discussed in the notes include Disarmament; The Imperial Conference of 1926 and the Balfour Report; India; the League of Nations; Soviet Russia; The Empire after the War; War debts and the World Economic Conferences; Review of World Affairs for 1930; the Present Trade situation and prospects [1931]; the London Naval Conference, 1930; the Foreign Press and the Three Power Agreement; and the prospect of the Five-Power Naval Conference.

French notes,

French notes made by Gareth Jones while a student at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Trinity College, Cambridge. The notebook contains lists of French words and phrases, other notes and drafts or copies of letters from Gareth Jones.

French notes,

French notes made by Gareth Jones while a sudent at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. They comprise vocabulary lists, French sentences, phrases and French proverbs.

'Hitler Diary'

Diary describing Gareth Jones's visit to Germany in February 1933 and his meeting with Hitler and Goebbels. The notebook gives Gareth Jones's view of contemporary events in Germany in some detail and gives Jones's reactions to the impact and nature of the Nazi regime in the country. See also file 36; pocketbook from a visit to Germany in January 1933.

Impressions of Germany

Diary of a trip to Cologne to gather information about the Schleicher government on behalf of Ivy Lee, later drafted into a report titled "Impressions of Germany, 1932."

Journal of a Tour in Russia

Contains fairly detailed notes on Gareth Jones's journey to Russia, his lengthy conversations with the crew, mainly on Communism and capitalism, life in Russia and conversations with Russian people, mainly at Leningrad and Moscow, on religion, the economy, social life etc. Includes comments on the impact of the Holodomor on the Ukraine.

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