(Untitled), 06 Mar 1945

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/202/9

Scope and Contents

Minute from John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] to WSC stating that he has sent Sir Alan Lascelles [Private Secretary to King George VI] a copy of a letter from the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief Bahamas] to WSC [see CHAR 20/202/2] for the King to see; and asking if he may inform Colonel Oliver Stanley [Secretary of State for the Colonies] that he may publish an announcement of the Duke's resignation [as Governor]. Initialled. Annotated by WSC: "Yes".

Dates

Creation: 06 Mar 1945

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