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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1941

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A/6

Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from [?Valentine] Vivian to K Robinson of the Colonial Office marked "secret" enclosing a mutilated extract from an interview given by the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward Prince of Wales] to Liberty magazine. The interview "infuriates heads of news services" as the Duke condemns the "Lend Lease" agreement between Great Britain and the United States; states that the German people want [Adolf] Hitler in power; and comments on the failure of the first League of Nations. Unsigned typescript.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 Mar 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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