![CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed memorandum signed (in red pen, 'W.S.C.'), n.p. [War Office], 22 June 1919, addressed to the 'Mil[itary] Sec[retary], 'I do not see any necessity to publish despatches about the suppression of rioting in India or in Egypt ... We really cannot have despatches written about street brawlings. We shall have a despatch from the Chief Constable of Surrey on the battle of Epsom next', one page, 4to, coungersignature. Provenance: Sotheby's, 20 July 1989, lot 273.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CKS/2010_CKS_07912_0084_000(churchill_winston_s_typed_memorandum_signed_np_[war_office]_22_june_19055724).jpg?w=1)
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed memorandum signed (in red pen, 'W.S.C.'), n.p. [War Office], 22 June 1919, addressed to the 'Mil[itary] Sec[retary], 'I do not see any necessity to publish despatches about the suppression of rioting in India or in Egypt ... We really cannot have despatches written about street brawlings. We shall have a despatch from the Chief Constable of Surrey on the battle of Epsom next', one page, 4to, coungersignature. Provenance: Sotheby's, 20 July 1989, lot 273.
Churchill's dismissive attitude towards the aspirations of colonial subjects was to be enduring. The 'suppression of rioting' he refers to may conceivably include the appalling Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar only two months previously, when British soldiers under Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer had fired 1,651 rounds into an unarmed and trapped crowd, killing at least 379 and wounding three times as many.
Writings of Sir Winston Churchill © Estate of Winston S. Churchill
Churchill's dismissive attitude towards the aspirations of colonial subjects was to be enduring. The 'suppression of rioting' he refers to may conceivably include the appalling Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar only two months previously, when British soldiers under Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer had fired 1,651 rounds into an unarmed and trapped crowd, killing at least 379 and wounding three times as many.
Writings of Sir Winston Churchill © Estate of Winston S. Churchill
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