Correspondence relating to a gift of plum brandy from Marshal Josip Broz Tito (President of Yugoslavia) and his visit [to the United Kingdom], 6-22 Feb 1956

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/21/49-52

Scope and Contents

Comprising a name card for Tito [originally attached to the plum brandy]; a copy of a letter from WSC to Marshal Tito thanking him for the brandy, reflecting on Tito's visit [in Mar 1953], and sending good wishes to Tito and for continuing and increasing friendship between the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia; and two letters from "Monty" [1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein] (Allied Powers Europe, Deputy Supreme Commander, Palace Hotel, Mürren, Switzerland) to WSC on the box of plum brandy which Tito had given him to deliver to WSC.

Dates

Creation: 6-22 Feb 1956

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