Letter from Randolph Churchill, May Fair Hotel, Berkeley Street, London W1 to WSC, on the political situation. Stating that WSC had made a wise decision to remain in Spain, as the Government would win the debate in the House of Commons "There will be a large number of abstentions, but few Conservatives will go into the Lobby against the Government". Reporting that the authors of this "shameful surrender" Stanley Baldwin, Samuel Hoare (later Lord Templewood) and Sir Robert Vansittart intended to raise the cry that they had saved the country from war, "a war which we might have lost". Stating that the county as a whole were horrified by the Italo-Abyssinian peace proposals, and the Government would never recover the prestige they had lost in the last week. Predicting that there would be no resignations from the Cabinet, but that Duff Cooper [later Lord Norwich] felt most keenly and was most likely to go. "All the disgruntled elements in the Cabinet will wish for your inclusion as an offset to Baldwin". Reporting that "The Times" had broken with the Government and was pursuing a "very excellent line" and that Brendan Bracken was torn between his desire to see "sanctions terminated and Baldwin exterminated".