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(Untitled), 20 Jul 1940

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/9B/129-130

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] regretting "that there can be no question of releasing men from the army to act as servants ... Such a step would be viewed with general disapprobation"; initialled by WSC annotated by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] [copy]; covering letter from John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] to [William] Ivo Mallet [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] asking for a copy to be sent to Christopher Eastwood [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs].

Dates

  • Creation: 20 Jul 1940

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: The Churchill War Papers II p 555.

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