(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/86

Scope and Contents

Text of message from WSC to Eleanor Roosevelt, in the hand of John Peck [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] on 10 Downing Street paper, offering his "most profound sympathy in your grievous loss which is also the loss of the British Nation and the cause of freedom in every land". WSC states that, "As for myself, I have lost a dear & cherished friendship which was forged in the fire of war". Initialled and dated by WSC in red ink.

Dates

Creation: 13 Apr 1945

Conditions Governing Access

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