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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1914

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/83

Scope and Contents

Letter from Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], giving approval for laying mines in the North Sea, after a conference on the attitude of the United States. Asquith urges WSC to start laying mines "without stinting, and if necessary on a Napoleonic scale". Includes covering note marked "Most Secret".

Dates

  • Creation: 29 Sep 1914

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume III, Part 1, p.144

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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