Key Information
Reference code
MAYHEW 5/2
Title
Copy diary extracts, 1946-1948, relating to service as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on subjects including Palestine, USSR, India and Greece
Date(s)
- 1946 Oct 25 - 1948 Dec 15 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
20pp
Scope and content
Typescript extracts from Mayhew's diary during his service as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1946-1950. Extracts relate primarily to Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Bevin's decision regarding the future of Palestine, relations with the USSR, opinions of FM Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India, regarding the future of India; communist insurrection in Greece; Bevin's frustration with Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Lord President of the Council and Leader of House of Commons; Rt Hon Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps; and, Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding foreign policy direction, 1948. 20 pages.