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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/29/113

Scope and Contents

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] and Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War] on naval power in the Baltic. WSC points out that the destruction of the Austrian Navy, or the accession to Britain's side of Italy and Greece, would enable two fleets, each superior to Germany to be maintained, one of which could be placed in the Baltic. [Typescript copy on Colonial Office notepaper; hand-written copy at CHAR 13/27B/29].

Dates

  • Creation: 25 Aug 1914

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

1 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume III, Part 1, p.53

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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