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CHURCHILL, Winston. Autograph letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill") to Bernard Baruch, [London], 23 June 1921. 2½ pages, 8vo, on Colonial Office stationery, fine.
CHURCHILL INVITES BERNARD BARUCH TO DINE. A cordial letter, written while Churchill was serving as Minister for Colonies, inviting American businessman Bernard Baruch to join him for dinner or lunch. Churchill writes, "I am very sorry that you & Mrs. Baruch cannot come & dine with me on the 12th. Perhaps you will let me know when you return from France, and I sh[oul]d v[er]y much like to get up a male dinner of a few friends whom I think you might like to meet. My wife is going to the country for a week & I shall be alone. But it w[oul]d give me great pleasure, as I said yesterday, if you c[oul]d come & lunch on Wednesday next at 1:45."
Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) was appointed Chairman of the War Industries Board by President Wilson as the United States entered World War I. American economic mobilization, organized under his leadership, substantially aided the Allied victory against Germany. Churchill, serving as British Minister of Munitions during the war, certainly had substantial contact with Baruch which created a bond of friendship in the post-war years.
CHURCHILL INVITES BERNARD BARUCH TO DINE. A cordial letter, written while Churchill was serving as Minister for Colonies, inviting American businessman Bernard Baruch to join him for dinner or lunch. Churchill writes, "I am very sorry that you & Mrs. Baruch cannot come & dine with me on the 12th. Perhaps you will let me know when you return from France, and I sh[oul]d v[er]y much like to get up a male dinner of a few friends whom I think you might like to meet. My wife is going to the country for a week & I shall be alone. But it w[oul]d give me great pleasure, as I said yesterday, if you c[oul]d come & lunch on Wednesday next at 1:45."
Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) was appointed Chairman of the War Industries Board by President Wilson as the United States entered World War I. American economic mobilization, organized under his leadership, substantially aided the Allied victory against Germany. Churchill, serving as British Minister of Munitions during the war, certainly had substantial contact with Baruch which created a bond of friendship in the post-war years.