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Churchill, Sir Winston
Typed letter, signed, to Keith G. Feiling
Written on 10 Downing Street letterhead, dated 16th October 1944, 19 x 20.5cm, to British historian Keith G. Feiling, sent during the Moscow Conference with Stalin, regarding a biography of Neville Chamberlain and asking Feilig to consider “the requirements of official secrecy”, some light staining and soiling, and a light diagonal crease to the upper left corner
Churchill writes:I shall certainly be very glad to see you after my return. Meanwhile, I see no objection to your using the proposed extracts, so long as their context is made clear. I must say however that I feel that end of next year is very early for the publication of a book of this kind. I am glad that you are showing the text to Bridges for examination from the point of view of the requirements of official secrecy.The letter probably refers to Feiling's The Life of Neville Chamberlain, eventually published in 1946. From October 9th to the 19th, 1944, Churchill was present at the 'Moscow Conference', where Britain and the Soviet Union discussed dividing postwar Europe into Western and Soviet spheres of influence.
Typed letter, signed, to Keith G. Feiling
Written on 10 Downing Street letterhead, dated 16th October 1944, 19 x 20.5cm, to British historian Keith G. Feiling, sent during the Moscow Conference with Stalin, regarding a biography of Neville Chamberlain and asking Feilig to consider “the requirements of official secrecy”, some light staining and soiling, and a light diagonal crease to the upper left corner
Churchill writes:I shall certainly be very glad to see you after my return. Meanwhile, I see no objection to your using the proposed extracts, so long as their context is made clear. I must say however that I feel that end of next year is very early for the publication of a book of this kind. I am glad that you are showing the text to Bridges for examination from the point of view of the requirements of official secrecy.The letter probably refers to Feiling's The Life of Neville Chamberlain, eventually published in 1946. From October 9th to the 19th, 1944, Churchill was present at the 'Moscow Conference', where Britain and the Soviet Union discussed dividing postwar Europe into Western and Soviet spheres of influence.
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Churchill, Sir Winston
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