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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed letter signed and a covering autograph letter signed to the editor of the Press Association, both 41 Cromwell Road, 20 June 1916, a letter for distribution to the press clarifying the circumstances under which, although not a member of the Government, he had come to issue a reassuring statement about the Battle of Jutland, which had occasioned much comment: the interview was the result of a personal request from the First Lord of the Admiralty (Balfour), whom he had called on the previous evening, 'we were in complete agreement on the estimate to be formed of the Naval encounter, viz. that the enemy had been driven into port and that we were safer at Home and stronger afloat as a result', one page, 8vo, in autograph, and 2 pages, 4to, typescript, annotations by recipient, with two related press cuttings.
The Battle of Jutland of 31 May - 1 June had initially been announced as a German victory, and Churchill's statement (which tallies more closely with the historical consensus) was intended to reassure. The statement, and its effect on the stock markets, was to form the basis of an elaborate anti-Semitic libel by Lord Alfred Douglas against Churchill and his relationship with Sir Ernest Cassel. As Churchill was still out of office at this stage, his role as a semi-official government spokesman is curious.
The Battle of Jutland of 31 May - 1 June had initially been announced as a German victory, and Churchill's statement (which tallies more closely with the historical consensus) was intended to reassure. The statement, and its effect on the stock markets, was to form the basis of an elaborate anti-Semitic libel by Lord Alfred Douglas against Churchill and his relationship with Sir Ernest Cassel. As Churchill was still out of office at this stage, his role as a semi-official government spokesman is curious.
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