HALIFAX (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of, O.M., 1881-1959, Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary from 1938-1940)

Important Typed Letter Signed to Professor C. K. Webster,marked 'Personal' thanking him for his letter and hoping "to hear more from you later on about the tihngs of which you write. There certainly seems to be a good deal moving. Hull's speech yesterday is, of course in the same direction, and I am writing a line to Arthur Greenwood to keep him thinking on the same lines ..."

Lord Halifax was Viceroy of India 1926-1931, Foreign Secretary 1938-1940 under Neville Chamberlain, and Ambassador to the United States 1941-1946.
Halifax became our ambassador in Washington in January 1941, having the previous year stepped aside from competing with Churchill to become PM. Arthur GREENWOOD (1880-1954) was a Labour MP in the War Cabinet and played a crucial role in voting with Churchill and Halifax to 'fight on' rather than seek peace with Germany. Secretary of State Cordell HULL(1871-1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II. Professor Sir Charles Kingsley WEBSTER (1886-1961, Historian and Diplomat) was very keen on the League of Nations and then the United Nations. I think all these players were concerned with persuading the Americans to enter the war on our side, which of course they did in December 1941.

Item Date:  1947

Stock No:  40959      £475

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