(Untitled), 23 Sep 1924

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/134/130-131

Scope and Contents

Letter from "Archie" [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] (Dalnawillan, Altnabraec, Caithness, [Scotland]) to WSC (Chartwell) enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/134/132-133 and CHAR 2/134/134, asking for the minutes of evidence taken at the enquiry into the question of the recognition of the Soviet Government, regretting that Sir James Craig [later Lord Craigavon] seems unlikely to appoint a commissioner [to deal with the Irish boundary question], noting that with J H Thomas in South Africa and James Ramsay Macdonald preoccupied no one is attempting to handle the Irish question, commenting on David Lloyd George's attitude to Russia and the prospects for a general election and describing the attacks on him (Sinclair) in his constituency by the Duke of Atholl, the agents of 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] and others.

Dates

Creation: 23 Sep 1924

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