Documents on British policy overseas. Series 1. Vol. 9, The Nordic countries : from war to cold war, 1944-1951 / edited by Tony Insall and Patrick Salmon
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations for Printed Sources; Abbreviated Designations; List of Persons; Document Summaries; Map; Chapter I: 1944-1945; Chapter II: 1946-1947; Chapter III: 1948; Chapter IV: 1949-1951; Index
Summary
This book is a collection of diplomatic documents describing the development of British relations with the Nordic countries between the end of the Second World War and the defeat of the Labour Government in 1951. The end of the Second World War brought hopes of building a new society in Western Europe. This volume documents Foreign Office concerns about the range of problems, both multilateral and bilateral, which still remained to be resolved in the Nordic area, and describes the evolution of policies to deal with them. The Soviet Union, which in May 1945 already occupied parts of No