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Handwritten letter from Winston Churchill to Clement Attlee concerning the independence of India (London, 21 May 1947)

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On 21 May 1947, Winston Churchill, leader of the British Conservative Party, sends a handwritten letter to British Prime Minister Clement Attlee in which he expresses his party’s support for Indian independence and confirms his agreement to confer Dominion status on the new states resulting from the partition of India.

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Source: ATTLEE, Clement. [Handwritten letter from Winston Churchill to Clement Attlee]. 21-05-1947. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). PREM - Records of the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1951 INDIA (CONSTITUTION). Prime Minister and Viceroy's proposed announcement on constitutional changes in India including granting of Dominion Status Communications with the Dominions on the subject. 01/01/1947-31/12/1947, PREM 8/565.

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Subject files: Decolonisation: geopolitical issues and impact on the European integration process

Metadata

Metadata language: en
Categories: Letters and correspondence
Type: Physical document
Original title: [Handwritten letter from Winston Churchill to Clement Attlee]
Recipient: Churchill, Winston
Sender: Attlee, Clement
Creation date: 21/05/1947
Number of pages: 1 p.
Country: United Kingdom
City: London

Location

Provider: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
Archive collection: PREM - Records of the Prime Minister's Office
Archive sub-collection: Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1951 INDIA (CONSTITUTION)
Folder name: Prime Minister and Viceroy's proposed announcement on constitutional changes in India including granting of Dominion Status Communications with the Dominions on the subject. 01/01/1947-31/12/1947
Folder number: PREM 8/565