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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)NC7/11/33/96
TitleCorrespondence with 1st Baron Hankey, Minister without Portfolio
Extent1 item
Date1940
DescriptionLetter from Maurice H. [Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers (1877-1963) 1st Baron Hankey, civil servant], Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London to Neville Chamberlain. 9 May.

A letter of support for Chamberlain saying he is 'indispensable' as Prime Minister; says he is 'the only man who can hold Winston [Churchill], who is amazingly valuable, but whose judgement is not 100% reliable' and urges Chamberlain not to bring the Labour Party in to form a coalition government.
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