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461 Note by Mr S. M. Bruce, 461 High Commissioner in London

LONDON, n.d. [1]

As the result of a conversation I had a few days ago with P.M. [2]
on this subject we have arranged that in addition to the direct
access to him which must be limited owing to pressure he is under
and possible embarrassments if my contacts with him were markedly
closer than those of other Dominion representatives I should have
an indirect access to him through Morton his close personal
assistant and that I should be given whatever information I asked
for from the Service and other Departments.

This arrangement plus facilities I now have for seeing
communications to and from Diplomatic posts abroad which are not
included in those made available to the H.Cs appear to me as
effective and useful a method of meeting the difficulties of the
position as can be devised.

1 There is no record of the exact date of this note. It was filed
with papers for the last week of June 1940.

2 Winston S. Churchill.


[AA: M103, JANUARY-JUNE 1940]
Last Updated: 11 September 2013
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