Letters from Kathleen Brooke in London to Anthony Brooke in Singapore, 12 Mar-25 Apr 1947

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Held at the Weston Library

The main topics, other than personal and family matters, are noted. Comprises:

(fols. 1-2) about difficulties in contacting Crocker, and in getting questions asked in the House; comments by [William] Teeling and Stanley; personal letters from her to MPs and the press; and her talk with Crocker about Theodore Page and a 'legal hold-up', 12 and 13 Mar 1947
(fol. 3) about sending him reprints and copies of Hansard; Crocker 'getting his grip on things again'; and Arthur Bryant being ill and unable to write, 21 Mar 1947
(fol. 4) draft of her request for air passage to Singapore, 7 Apr 1947
(fols. 5-7) about the advantages and disadvantages of going to Singapore, possibly taking her youngest child with her; Crocker's optimism in spite of views expressed in government circles that Anthony Brooke had 'had it'; and an enquiry about whom to contact among the Dutch military regarding MacBryan's arrest, 18 Apr 1947
(fols. 8-10) about her feeling that unless her visit to Singapore could serve a useful purpose, it would be better to postpone it 'until the controversy has clarified', 20 Apr 1947
(fol. 11) about taking his cable to Reuters; and sympathetic letters from Sir George Maxwell and Brigadier Brayne, 21 and 22 Apr 1947
(fols. 12-13) about arrangements relating to the children and flat before leaving for Singapore; talks with Skeffington-Lodge and Wing Cmdr Shackleton; and her distrust of Creech Jones, with a copy of her letter about him to Skeffington-Lodge, dated 8 Apr, 25 Apr 1947.