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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)ACLAdd/241
TitleLetter from Austen Chamberlain, Offices of the War Cabinet, 2 Whitehall Gardens [London] SW to Sir Robert H. Inglis Palgrave, Kings Langley, West Cliff Road, Bournemouth, 13 Jan
Extent1 item
Date1919
DescriptionThanks Inglis for his letter [of congratulation on Chamberlain's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer]. He refers to the appointment as 'my new task' which he undertakes 'with great reluctance'. He also clearly forsees a difficult time ahead in the immediate aftermath of the war and anticipates 'giving universal dissatisfaction'.
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