My dear Selby,
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27th January 1928.
I enclose a copy of a letter addressed to "r. Ormsby-
Gore by r. Maxton. It is understood from a confidential source
that a letter on a kindred subject has been or will be addressed
by Miss Ellen Wilkinson to sir Austen Chamberlain. A third
letter in the series from Yr. Saklatvala was addressed to the
First Lord of the Admiralty, and I have received, as you will
probably have done, through Fry, a copy of the answer which Mr.
Fridgeman sent to Mr. Saklatvala.
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Wr. "axton's letter raises questions of policy rather
than questions of fact, and it is for consideration whether any
reply should be sent to him other than one suggesting that he
should raise questions of this sort in the ordinary way when
Parliament meets, rather than by correspondence with the
Secretary of State. The course which we adopt by way of reply
will be determined by the course which Sir Austen adopts in
W. Selby, 584., CB, CVO.
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