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CHURCHILL, Sir WINSTON S., British Prime Minister. Typed letter signed ("Winston Churchill") to Colonel Frank Clarke, with a two-line autograph postscript, London, 29 June 1948. 1 page, 4to, on Churchill's personal stationery, small circular puncture to upper left margin (not affecting text).
CHURCHILL COMMENTS ON AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AS THE ELECTION OF 1948 APPROACHES
A friendly letter, written after the Republican National Convention, remarkable for its postscript commenting cryptically on American party politics: "I send you a letter I have received from Jorge Sanchez and I should be glad if you would let me have your advice about this matter. I think it would be all right, provided he did not say that I had given my specific permission. This might get me into trouble with Jamaica and other sugar-producing colonies. I am following with keen attention the events [of the Democratic Convention] at Philadelphia. P.S. I am glad our friend [Thomas E. Dewey] in Albany got the Republican nomination..."
Virtually every commentator at the time regarded Truman's defeat as a certainty when he was nominated in July 1948; his upset victory over Dewey would become part of American political legend.
CHURCHILL COMMENTS ON AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AS THE ELECTION OF 1948 APPROACHES
A friendly letter, written after the Republican National Convention, remarkable for its postscript commenting cryptically on American party politics: "I send you a letter I have received from Jorge Sanchez and I should be glad if you would let me have your advice about this matter. I think it would be all right, provided he did not say that I had given my specific permission. This might get me into trouble with Jamaica and other sugar-producing colonies. I am following with keen attention the events [of the Democratic Convention] at Philadelphia. P.S. I am glad our friend [Thomas E. Dewey] in Albany got the Republican nomination..."
Virtually every commentator at the time regarded Truman's defeat as a certainty when he was nominated in July 1948; his upset victory over Dewey would become part of American political legend.