| Description | Correspondence and other papers created during Shuckburgh's posting in Argentina, including: /1 Letter from Shuckburgh to RJ Bowker [Foreign Office], telling him that he is 'delighted to hear that you are coming here as Counsellor', 1944; /3 Letter from Shuckburgh to Tommy, probably Thomas Stone, giving his opinions about Argentina, 1943; /5 Letter from Shuckburgh to David Scott Fox, recommending Raul C Migone as 'a personal friend of mine and staunch supporter of the Allied cause', and asking permission for Migone to send letters through the diplomatic bag, 1943; /6-/10 Letters of congratulation from Shuckburgh to various people who received awards in the Birthday Honours, 1943: /6 Colonel Oliver M Bigger; /7 Frederic C Blair; /8 Colonel AA Magee; /9 Dr AG Shenstone; /10 Mrs A Plumptree; /11 Letter from Shuckburgh to LB Pearson, congratulating him on his recent appointment as Chairman of the Permanent Committee of Food Supplies, 1943; /12 Letter to Shuckburgh from John Shuckburgh [his father] concerning buying holdings of Savings Bank Defence Bonds, 23 November 1942; /13 Letter to Shuckburgh from the Foreign Office concerning purchase of Defence Bonds, 1942; /16 Letter to Shuckburgh from Marie-Noelle, written from Correntoso, Argentina, describing the scenery in and journey to Correntoso, nd; /17-/18 Letter from WLM Dunlop [Communications Department, Foreign Office], concerning reasons for the delays to the post from London, 1943, with Shuckburgh's reply; /19, /21 Minutes sheets signed by SR Robertson asking for the Foreign Office to send Jose Evaristo Uriburu the certificate that goes with his George V Jubilee Medal, 1943; /20 Letter from Shuckburgh to R Dunbar [Treaty Department, Foreign Office] asking them to forward the appropriate certificate to Jose Evaristo Uriburu, and for replacement Coronation Medals for Perez de Ayala, 1943; /22 Letter from Shuckburgh to Saul, discussing Argentinean politics following the revolution, 1943; /28 Letter to Shuckburgh from an unidentified correspondent, a former colleague at the Canadian Embassy, giving news of staff in the Embassy, 1943; /29-/30 Letters to Shuckburgh from [Department of External Affairs, Canada], 1943; /31 Letter from Shuckburgh to Lord Keynes, sending him a paper entitled 'Balanced Distribution', written by a member of the United States Embassy, 1943; /32-/33 Letter from Shuckburgh to JE Sealy, re sending money to a fund for a former Winchester housemaster, 1943; /34-/35 Letter from Colonel HC Osborne [War Graves Commission], enclosing a letter telling him where his brother is buried, telling him he is missed in Ottawa, and commiserating on the loss at sea of his possessions, with /36 Shuckburgh's reply, 1943; /37-/39 Correspondence between Shuckburgh and Ian Wilson-Young concerning presentation to the Brazilian Government by the British Ambassador of a Lend-Lease plane, and the damage this caused to British/American relations, 1943; /40 Letter to Shuckburgh from John Shuckburgh [his father], discussing Colonel F Bailey and his career, 1943; /41 Letter to Shuckburgh from Ted, written from Savannah, Georgia, describing his training as an aircraft armourer and passing on news of mutual friends, 1942; /42 Letter to Shuckburgh from Lilian Shuckburgh [his mother], nd; /43-/44 Letters to Shuckburgh from John Shuckburgh [his father], including family news and his efforts to speed up post from Shuckburgh in Argentina, 1943, enclosing /45 letter from the Foreign Office explaining why post is delayed, 1943; /46 Letter to Shuckburgh from John Shuckburgh [his father], concerning his complaints to the Foreign Office about delays to the post from Argentina and family news, 9 April 1943; /49 Letter to Shuckburgh from Lilian Shuckburgh [his mother], nd; /50 Letter to Shuckburgh from John Shuckburgh [his father] (duplicate of /47), 9 April 1943; /51 Letter to Shuckburgh from John Shuckburgh, 1 April 1943; /52-/53 Letter from Shuckburgh to Edward Playfair [HM Treasury], discussing British policy in Argentina: 'The prevailing idea... is to try to associate Argentine interests in British enterprises by giving away shares in British businesses', a policy which he opposes, 15 March 1943; /55 Letter from Shuckburgh to WLM Dunlop, discussing delays to the post to Argentina, 3 May 1943; /56 Letter from Rodney Gallop [South American Department, Foreign Office, London], replying to /57 a letter from Shuckburgh concerning delays to the post to Argentina and his difficulties finding cypherers to work in his office, 1943; /58 Letter from Shuckburgh to Bernard Burrows [British Embassy, Cairo], congratulating him on his recent marriage, 12 March 1943; /63 Letter from Shuckburgh to Donald Maclean [General Department, Foreign Office], 11 March 1943; /64 Letter from Shuckburgh to Ian Maclannan [United Kingdom High Commissioner's Office, Ottawa], reporting that all his possessions have been lost at sea, 29 December 1942; /65 Letter from Shuckburgh to Ralph Skrine Stevenson [British Legation, Montevideo], 29 December 1942; /67 Press cutting from La Nacion, Spanish, 21 December 1942; /68 Letter from Shuckburgh to Thomas Stone [Department of External Affairs, Ottawa], giving his first impressions of Buenos Aires, of the Canadian Trade Commissioner, Mr Vecksler, and commenting on the 'divergence in British and American policy towards South America' which he thinks is 'due to a general feeling amongst Americans that this continent must become their preserve and that we are European interlopers', 20 November 1942; /69 Letter to Shuckburgh from Katharine, probably Katherine Chatfield, 21 September 1942; /70 Letter to Shuckburgh from Gordon, telling him that his dog has been killed on the road, 24 November 1942; /71-73 Letter to Shuckburgh from MY Coates [Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, London], enclosing a copy of a note he has written to his friend Robert Salmon, introducing the Shuckburghs to him, with Shuckburgh's reply, 12 November 1942; /74 Letter to Shuckburgh from Lyle Saxon, arranging to meet him and his wife, nd; /75 Letter to Shuckburgh from CW ?Orde, inviting him and his wife to lunch, 5 November 1942; /76 Letter to Shuckburgh from Thomas Stone [Department of External Affairs, Canada], sending money for a present, 30 September 1942; /77 Letter to Evelyn and Nancy Shuckburgh from Gordon, wishing them goodbye, 2 October 1942; /78 Letter to Shuckburgh from Donald ?Green [Department of Trade and Commerce, Canada], introducing him to Mr JA Strong [Commercial Attache, Canadian Legation, Buenos Aires], 30 September 1942; /79 Letter to Shuckburgh from Pierrepont Moffatt [Legation Office, Ottawa, Canada], re letter of introduction to Norman Armour, 19 August 1942; /80 Letter from Shuckburgh to Lilian Shuckburgh [his mother], describing a skiing holiday, 6 March 1937; /81 Letter from Shuckburgh to his parents, written during his honeymoon in Italy, 30 September 1937; /82 Comic poem by Shuckburgh: 'Hymn sung by the Chancery at Buenos Aires on first opening a consignment of toilet paper from the Old Country', November 1943; /83-/88 Spoof letters written by Shuckburgh and others in the Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Ottawa, and officials in the Canadian Department of External Affairs, arranging a cricket match, 1942. |