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(Untitled), 12 Sep 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/124B/143-144

Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] on: the danger of the Coalition breaking up when unity is essential to meet the challenge of the Labour Party; the inclination of 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and [David Lloyd George] to have a general election in October; the evidence from Scotland that the longer the election was postponed the worse it would be for the Coalition; WSC's reluctant agreement to an October election; the forthcoming meeting at Chequers to plan the campaign, dealing with foreign policy, unemployment, agriculture, Ireland, the Government's tackling of post-war reconstruction and the damage done by strikes and the withdrawal of eight labour members from the Government. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Dates

  • Creation: 12 Sep 1922

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Winston Churchill MP

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume IV, Part 3, pp 1984-5

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Repository Details

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