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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/3

Scope and Contents

Minute from John Colville [Private Secretary to WSC] to [Christopher] Eastwood [Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs] marked "most secret" reporting that [Harry] Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] had said that the cruise the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward Prince of Wales] had taken with [Axel] Wenner-Gren had had a "deplorable effect". Hopkins noted that the United States consider Wenner-Gren a "dangerous pro-Nazi" and watch all his activities closely. Typescript.

Dates

  • Creation: 13 Jan 1941

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

1 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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