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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/9B/179

Scope and Contents

Telegram from 11th Lord Lothian [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Philip Kerr] to Foreign Office advising that a visit by the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] to the United States would attract undesirable publicity and commercial interest, and place pressure on the President to receive him in Washington; advises waiting until after November Presidential elections. [Copy].

Dates

  • Creation: 24 Aug 1940

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English

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