(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
- Royal Navy (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk