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(Untitled), 17 Apr 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/253/59-61

Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Cranborne, (later 5th Lord Salisbury), Cranborne, Salisbury, to WSC, regretting that WSC found his comments on speech unfair. Stating that he felt that WSC's policy of not taking the lead against Italian aggression was not practical, that Britain was by far the greatest nation in the League of Nations, and was bound to take a prominent part, and that the Cabinet had taken the only possible course of action under difficult circumstances.

Dates

  • Creation: 17 Apr 1936

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Lord Salisbury

Extent

3 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Pub. Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume V, Part 3, pp.99-101

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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