16. Ibid.
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19. Cabinet minutes for 26 May 1937, PRO, CAB 23/88/1 Vol. LV
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26. Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill, 10 January 1938, quoted in Mary Soames (ed.), Speaking for Themselves, p. 433
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28. Quoted in Martin S. Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill, Vol. 5, p. 829
29. George Allen to Mr Farrer, 10 November 1937, PRO, PREM 1/463
30. Duke of Windsor to Neville Chamberlain, 22 December 1937, PRO, PREM 1/465
31. Horace Wilson to the Chancellor, Neville Chamberlain, 10 December 1936, PRO, PREM 1/453
32. King George VI to Neville Chamberlain, 2 December 1938, PRO, PREM 1/467
33. King George VI to Neville Chamberlain, 14 December 1938, PRO, PREM 1/467
34. Sunday Dispatch, 8 January 1939
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44. Edward Heath to Robert Armstrong, 7 November 1971, PRO, PREM 15/1184
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