| Description | Photocopied letter written from 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, London, S. W. on 26 May 1922, saying that it will be necessay to send Hilton Young to the conference in the Hague and that he, the Prime Minister, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have been consulting about who should take his place. It has been agreed that Barid will take over the job of answering queries and defending the treasury vote whilst he will understudy the budget for the chancellor. 'The circumstances in which I ask you to undertake this work are very special and I hope that you will be not unwilling to consent'. |