(Untitled), 27 Jan 1919

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/139-142

Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from WSC (Hotel Majestic, Paris [France]) to [Lord] Northcliffe [formerly Alfred Harmsworth] in which he encloses a confidential file [not present] about military policy; discusses the mismanagement of demobilisation in France which has affected Army morale; outlines his plans to establish solid units of men to remain in France with increased pay and to send other men home "in order of industrial convenience"; stresses the importance of press coverage of these plans and informs him that there is to be an advertising campaign; discusses problems associated with the termination of the soldiers' contracts and the necessity of obtaining additional troops to maintain control over the Empire. Includes notes about the contents of the file mentioned above.

Dates

Creation: 27 Jan 1919

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