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(Untitled), 21 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/114-116

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Letter from "Bobbety" [Lord Cranborne, earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil, later 5th Lord Salisbury] to WSC accepting the promotion to the House of Lords; expresses doubts about a position at the Dominions Office due to too many recent staffing changes, and at the India Office as his views are so different from [Leo] Amery's [Secretary of State for India and Burma, later Myanmar] it will be thought to indicate a change of policy. [manuscript].

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  • Creation: 21 Dec 1940

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