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(Untitled), 11 Apr 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/92/42-43

Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC attacking Admiralty policy under Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour], which has led to the Navy "taking a back seat in this War!" In particular: the failure to recapture Antwerp [Belgium] and let the Russians into Berlin from the Pomeranian coast; ignorance about the German submarine programme; the failure to prevent shipyard workers being drafted into the army. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/47.

Dates

  • Creation: 11 Apr 1917

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Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

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