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Lettre manuscrite de Winston Churchill à Clement Attlee concernant l'indépendance de l'Inde (Londres, 21 mai 1947)

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Le 21 mai 1947, Winston Churchill, leader du Parti Conservateur britannique, adresse une lettre manuscrite au Premier ministre britannique Clement Attlee dans laquelle il manifeste le soutien de son parti à l'indépendance de l'Inde et confirme sa volonté d'attribuer le statut de dominion aux nouveaux États issus de la partition de l'Inde.

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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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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