(Untitled), 17 May 1945

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/68

Scope and Contents

Letter from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to 5th Lord Clanwilliam acknowledging his letter of 16 May [1945] which will be shown to WSC as soon as possible: states that he is sure that WSC would like to fall in with his wishes but explains that the portrait of WSC for the House of Commons by Captain Oswald Birley must have priority over all others, and that even the sittings for Birley have been hanging fire owing to the great pressure of work [carbon].

Dates

Creation: 17 May 1945

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