(Untitled), 04 Nov 1924

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/136/4

Scope and Contents

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Alan Burgoyne] thanking him for his letter offering his services as parliamentary secretary [see CHAR 2/136/5] but expressing the view that he (WSC) is unlikely to be offered a post in the Government "as owing to the size of the majority it will probably be composed only of impeccable Conservatives", and adding that in any case there is someone else he is bound to consider first. Praises Burgoyne's work for the Navy before the war. Carbon typescript copy.

Dates

Creation: 04 Nov 1924

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