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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/35-39

Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the fact that the Vote on Account approved by the House of Commons will supply the Government for six weeks and is therefore indicative of the Government's uncertain position and the financial powers of the House of Commons; reaction by Austen Chamberlain and F E Smith [later Lord Birkenhead] to the Government's decision; Sir Edward Grey's statement of Foreign Office policy on the Belgian annexation of the Congo [later Zaire, then the Democratic Republic of the Congo]; and WSC's opinions on the naval estimates which are due to be discussed and on Reginald McKenna's ship-building programme.

Dates

  • Creation: 11 Mar 1910

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

5 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume II, Part 2, pp 992-4

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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