Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1939-1945, 1949-1950, 1953 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
6 boxes or 0.06 cubic metres
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Born [1901]; educated in France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland; BSc, University of Lyons, France; served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1940-1945, mainly based at Headquarters of Force 133 at Cairo, Egypt, during World War Two, under the name of Maj and later Lt Col Julian Antony Dolbey; worked for Lyons Silks Ltd, French Silhouettes and Arnold Securities, all associated companies of the French textile group Maison J Bourdelin.
Histoire archivistique
GB 0099 KCLMA Dobrski 1939-1945, 1949-1950, 1953 fonds 6 boxes or 0.06 cubic metres Dobrski , Julian A , fl 1939-1953 , Lt Col , Count , Special Operations Executive Officer , alias Lt Col Julian Antony Dolbey
Born [1901]; educated in France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland; BSc, University of Lyons, France; served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1940-1945, mainly based at Headquarters of Force 133 at Cairo, Egypt, during World War Two, under the name of Maj and later Lt Col Julian Antony Dolbey; worked for Lyons Silks Ltd, French Silhouettes and Arnold Securities, all associated companies of the French textile group Maison J Bourdelin.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1989, 1995 and 2000, via the 2nd Earl Jellicoe.
Papers principally relating to operations of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Italy, Greece, the Aegean and the Balkans, 1941-1945, including: SOE training manuals, and various SOE memoranda relating to the 'Rhine mine', poisons, inland waterways, and the 'New Zionists', 1941-1944; memoranda and directives on SOE infiltration of Italy and the recruitment of Italian agents, the production of propaganda for use in Italy, transcripts of subversive propaganda broadcasts to the Italian people via Radio Jerusalem, letters from Stefano Terra, regarding the activities of the anti-fascist group Giustizia e Libertà, 1940-1943; diary of Capt R Guy Turrall during his SOE sabotage mission to Crete, 1941-1942; papers concerning SOE Operations BASILIC and ERRATIC (infiltration of Scarpanto and Rhodes), 1943; papers concerning propaganda operations in conjunction with the Political Warfare Executive, particularly Operations KREIPE and KRIMSCHILD, May 1944, to demoralize German troops on Crete; reports, 1943-1945, relating to SOE activities on Crete, including reports on the kidnapping by SOE of German Maj Gen Heinrich Kreipe; appreciations of SOE activities in Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, 1943; correspondence of Headquarters Force 133 (SOE Cairo, Egypt) in regard to promotion, welfare, training, transfers and postings of personnel, including confidential reports on individual staff, 1944-1945; diary of Maj John Mulgan, British Liaison Officer in Greece, 1944; correspondence relating to the winding up of SOE organisation in Greece, 1944-1945; various other papers, comprising correspondence with Anne René Pleven, 1939-1941, on the German bombing of London and the reaction of the French people to German occupation and the Vichy government; report on René Pleven, French Minister of Defence, concerning Pleven's attitude to the French political situation, policy towards Indo-China and the French High Command, 1949; papers relating to the reorganisation of Lyons Silks Ltd, French Silhouettes and Arnold Securities, 1949-1950; newspaper article on German penetration of the SOE network in the Netherlands, 1942-1944, dated 1953.
Arranged in the following sections: training and instruction of SOE personnel and various SOE memoranda, 1940-1944; SOE operations in Italy, 1940-1943; SOE operations in Greece, the Aegean and the Balkans, and correspondence of Headquarters, Force 133, 1941-1946; various papers of Dobrski, 1939-1953.
The files of confidential letters relating to personnel matters of Force 133 (nos 27-30) are closed for 75 years in line with the policy of the Public Record Office. The remainder of the collection is open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
Mainly English, some French, Greek and Italian.
Detailed catalogue available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives holds several collections relating to SOE operations in Greece and the Balkans, most notably the papers of Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Evans); Brig Edmund Charles Wolf Myers (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Myers); Maj Philip Frederick Nind (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Nind); Maj Ronald R Prentice and Capt H Arthur Wickstead (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Prentice); and Col (Hon) Christopher Montague Woodhouse (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Woodhouse).
The Public Record Office, Kew, holds a substantial collection of material relating to SOE operations, most notably Political Warfare Executive correspondence (Ref: FO 898/25-28); papers relating to SOE activities, Middle East, Cairo, 1940-42 (Ref: FO 898/113-114); Quarterly Reports of SOE, Oct 1943-Dec 1945 (Ref: PREM 3/408/1); Confidential Papers of Col William J Donovan, 1940-41 (Ref: PREM 4/25/5); SOE: Balkan Files (Ref: HS 5); SOE Headquarters section histories and war diaries, and files relating to SOE organisations and operations in Europe, the Far East, North and South America (HS 7).
Compiled by Robert Baxter, with information provided by Lord Jellicoe and Countess Dobrski. ISAD (G) second edition; NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names. Nov 1999, revised Jan 2001 Aegean Sea Americas Armed forces Balkans Bulgaria Cairo Caribbean Central government Communication process Crete Diaries Dobrski , Julian A , fl 1939-1953 , Lieutenant-Colonel Documents Eastern Europe Egypt Europe Government Greece Higher science education Humanitarian law Indo-China Information sources International conflicts International relations Italy Kriepe , Heinrich , fl 1943-1945 , German Major General Kárpathos Literary forms and genres Literature Mediterranean Sea Military education Military engineering Military operations Military organizations Netherlands Nonfiction North Africa North America Occupied territories Operation Basilic (1943) Operation Erratic (1943) Operation Kreipe (1944) Operation Krimschild (1944) Organizations Persuasion Pleven , Anne Rene , d 1966 , wife of Rene Jean Pleven Pleven , Rene Jean , 1901-1993 , French politician Primary documents Propaganda Prose Public administration Rhodes Romania Scarpanto Seas SOE , Special Operations Executive x Special Operations Executive South East Asia Special forces State security Terra , Stephano , fl 1940-1943 Turrall , R Guy , fl 1941-1942 , Captain Urban USA War Warfare War propaganda Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1989, 1995 and 2000, via the 2nd Earl Jellicoe.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Papers principally relating to operations of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Italy, Greece, the Aegean and the Balkans, 1941-1945, including: SOE training manuals, and various SOE memoranda relating to the 'Rhine mine', poisons, inland waterways, and the 'New Zionists', 1941-1944; memoranda and directives on SOE infiltration of Italy and the recruitment of Italian agents, the production of propaganda for use in Italy, transcripts of subversive propaganda broadcasts to the Italian people via Radio Jerusalem, letters from Stefano Terra, regarding the activities of the anti-fascist group Giustizia e Libertà, 1940-1943; diary of Capt R Guy Turrall during his SOE sabotage mission to Crete, 1941-1942; papers concerning SOE Operations BASILIC and ERRATIC (infiltration of Scarpanto and Rhodes), 1943; papers concerning propaganda operations in conjunction with the Political Warfare Executive, particularly Operations KREIPE and KRIMSCHILD, May 1944, to demoralize German troops on Crete; reports, 1943-1945, relating to SOE activities on Crete, including reports on the kidnapping by SOE of German Maj Gen Heinrich Kreipe; appreciations of SOE activities in Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, 1943; correspondence of Headquarters Force 133 (SOE Cairo, Egypt) in regard to promotion, welfare, training, transfers and postings of personnel, including confidential reports on individual staff, 1944-1945; diary of Maj John Mulgan, British Liaison Officer in Greece, 1944; correspondence relating to the winding up of SOE organisation in Greece, 1944-1945; various other papers, comprising correspondence with Anne René Pleven, 1939-1941, on the German bombing of London and the reaction of the French people to German occupation and the Vichy government; report on René Pleven, French Minister of Defence, concerning Pleven's attitude to the French political situation, policy towards Indo-China and the French High Command, 1949; papers relating to the reorganisation of Lyons Silks Ltd, French Silhouettes and Arnold Securities, 1949-1950; newspaper article on German penetration of the SOE network in the Netherlands, 1942-1944, dated 1953.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Arranged in the following sections: training and instruction of SOE personnel and various SOE memoranda, 1940-1944; SOE operations in Italy, 1940-1943; SOE operations in Greece, the Aegean and the Balkans, and correspondence of Headquarters, Force 133, 1941-1946; various papers of Dobrski, 1939-1953.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
The files of confidential letters relating to personnel matters of Force 133 (nos 27-30) are closed for 75 years in line with the policy of the Public Record Office. The remainder of the collection is open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions de reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
Notes de langue et graphie
Mainly English, some French, Greek and Italian.
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives holds several collections relating to SOE operations in Greece and the Balkans, most notably the papers of Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Evans); Brig Edmund Charles Wolf Myers (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Myers); Maj Philip Frederick Nind (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Nind); Maj Ronald R Prentice and Capt H Arthur Wickstead (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Prentice); and Col (Hon) Christopher Montague Woodhouse (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Woodhouse).
Instruments de recherche
Detailed catalogue available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
The Public Record Office, Kew, holds a substantial collection of material relating to SOE operations, most notably Political Warfare Executive correspondence (Ref: FO 898/25-28); papers relating to SOE activities, Middle East, Cairo, 1940-42 (Ref: FO 898/113-114); Quarterly Reports of SOE, Oct 1943-Dec 1945 (Ref: PREM 3/408/1); Confidential Papers of Col William J Donovan, 1940-41 (Ref: PREM 4/25/5); SOE: Balkan Files (Ref: HS 5); SOE Headquarters section histories and war diaries, and files relating to SOE organisations and operations in Europe, the Far East, North and South America (HS 7).
Note de publication
Zone des notes
Note
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
- Sûreté de l'État » Forces armées
- Gouvernement » Administration publique » Administration centrale
- Processus de communication
- Document
- Gouvernement
- Enseignement scientifique supérieur
- Droit humanitaire
- Source d'information
- Conflit international
- Relations internationales
- Forme et genre littéraire
- Littérature
- Enseignement scientifique supérieur » Éducation militaire
- Génie militaire
- Génie militaire » Opération militaire
- Droit humanitaire » Territoire occupé
- Organisation
- Processus de communication » Persuasion
- Document » Document primaire
- Processus de communication » Persuasion » Propagande
- Forme et genre littéraire » Prose
- Gouvernement » Administration publique
- Mer
- Sûreté de l'État
- Conflit international » Guerre
- Génie militaire » Opération guerrière
- Processus de communication » Persuasion » Propagande » Propagande de guerre
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
Identifiant de la description
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
ISAD (G) second edition; NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names.
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
Langue(s)
- anglais