(Untitled), 17 Dec 1944

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/200/27

Scope and Contents

Extract from an article in the Sunday Pictorial commenting on the resignation of General "Sir Arthur" Spears [Major General Sir Edward Spears] from his job as "British Minister to Syria and Lebanon" [First Minister to the Republics of Syria and the Lebanon], and stating that, "In fact he is coming home because de Gaulle [General Charles de Gaulle, President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic] has had enough of him". [Typescript].

Dates

Creation: 17 Dec 1944

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