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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence and papers on the devaluation of the pound and Britain's economic and trade position., Aug 1949 - Nov 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/91

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] (2); Leo Amery; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley]; Sir Arthur Salter; Cuthbert Alport; Cedric Drewe [Deputy Chief Conservative Whip]; Stanley Walker, editor of the City Press. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow] and Elizabeth Gilliatt; Christopher Soames; Duncan Sandys; and from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Sir James Hawkey.Also includes copies of: various cuttings and leaflets including an article by Amery; statements by Minister of State Hector McNeil [Foreign Office] and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps; details of 1931 crisis; Conservative Parliamentary Finance Committee notes; texts of speeches by Cripps.

Dates

  • Creation: Aug 1949 - Nov 1949

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (129 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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