| Description | Correspondence and notes relating to the visit of Dr Colijn [Hendrikus Colijn, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands] to Britain in March 1940.
This comprises of correspondence, copies of correspondence or notes from: R. M. Makins [Foreign Office]; Nevile Bland [British Legation, The Hague, Netherlands] to Sir Alexander Cadogan [Foreign Office]; A. N. R. [Arthur Nevill Rucker, Neville Chamberlain's Private Secretary] to W. I. Mallet [Foreign Office]; G...Fell[?] [Foreign Office] to A. N. Rucker; A. N. R. to Neville Chamberlain; A. N. R. to R. C. S. Stevenson. A press cutting is also included.
The correspondence and notes relate to the visit and the plans and arrangements for it; the work of Colijn's League of Nations committee; Colijn's admiration for Winston Churchill; Colijn's feelings about the war and position of the neutrals in Europe; the Altmark incident; his hatred of the Soviets in Russia; his belief that Italy would never come into the war; and his respect for Count Ciano in Italy. |