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(Untitled), 26 May 1942 - 31 May 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/63/69-73

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and WSC on the difficulty of the Duke of Windsor [Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas, earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] becoming Governor of Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]; includes note from "C R A" [Clement Attlee, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs], suggesting Geoffrey Shakespeare [Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State, Dominions Office] for the [?] Governorship of West Africa, Sir John Wakehurst [Governor of New South Wales, Australia] for Southern Rhodesia and Charles Ammon for New South Wales; also includes covering note from John Martin to Colin Thornley [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies]. [See also CHAR 20/63/49-61].

Dates

  • Creation: 26 May 1942 - 31 May 1942

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

Original references: T 781/2, T 757/2

Cultural context

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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