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Frank's letters, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 1/3/12

Scope and Contents

Letters written from the British Embassy in Paris [France] while FR was serving as 3rd Secretary, mainly relating to his day to day life and work. Other subjects include: FR's view that David Lloyd George was a better politician than those of the present day; the chaotic French administration and political crisis, February 1934, involving the death of [Serge] Alexandre Stavisky; FR's disapproval of the idea of women being diplomats; his admiration for [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; the replacement of Sir William Tyrrell by Sir George Clerk, as British Ambassador to France; FR's pessimism about Germany and the chances of war; the murder of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and [the French Foreign Minister] Jean Louis Barthou in Marseilles; FR's next posting to Cairo [Egypt].

Dates

  • Creation: 1934

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

2 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: ROBT 34a

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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