(Untitled), 02 Oct 1944

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/201/74-76

Scope and Contents

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Wise [Conservative MP for Smethwick, Staffordshire] (Headquarters, South Eastern Command, Reigate [Surrey]) to Brigadier George Harvie Watt [Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary] commenting on the occupation of Germany, which he assumes will last not less than twenty years, and on the difficult nature of the job because of the threat posed by an underground movement "which will make all those run by our friends look like amateur rehearsals". He offers his services to a counter intelligence organisation, and comments at length on his qualifications and experience, which he asks be brought to WSC's notice. With annotation indicating that a copy of this letter had been sent to Major-General Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].

Dates

Creation: 02 Oct 1944

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