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Public and Political: General: General Election: Various press cuttings.

Reference code: CHAR 2/557

Part of CHAR 2; previous record CHAR 2/556; next record CHAR 2/558.

Date: 21 May 1945 - 04 Jul 1945

Scope/content:

Newspaper cuttings (mainly from the Times and the Daily Telegraph) on subjects, events and issues including: Clement Attlee's refusal to continue the Coalition government; the timing and announcement of the General Election; Professor Harold Laski's statements about Attlee's position as an 'observer' to the Potsdam [Berlin, Germany] conference; the division in the Labour Party over Laski's comments; WSC's inviting Attlee to attend the Potsdam conference; and the position of the National Executive of the Labour Party.

Keywords

UKAT

• Elections
• Press

Corporate

• Conservative Party
• Labour Party

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