(Untitled), 13 Jun 1945

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/54-55

Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Edward Cadogan [Conservative MP for Bolton] (Carlton Club) to WSC expressing his gratitude to WSC on the eve of the dissolution of the House of Commons: states how proud he has been to serve under WSC's leadership "in the most memorable Parliament of all time"; comments on the decision of the Socialists to terminate the Coalition and states that the "issues at present are too grave to become the sport of party politics"; expresses the hope that WSC will long be spared "not only to lead our Party but to direct and control the fortunes of the land...the land you have saved not only for our generation but for all that follow for all time" [typescript copy].

Dates

Creation: 13 Jun 1945

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