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| − | Letter from Lord Jellicoe to Lieutenant-Commander [[ | + | Letter from Lord Jellicoe to Lieutenant-Commander [[Oswald Moreton Frewen|Oswald Frewen]] concerning the Jutland controversy, located in Add. MSS. 537338 in the possession of the British Library, reproduced in ''The Beatty Papers'' '''Volume II''', pp. 437-438. |
==Letter== | ==Letter== | ||
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| − | My Dear Frewen, | + | My Dear [[Oswald Moreton Frewen|Frewen]], |
Many thanks for your letter. | Many thanks for your letter. | ||
| − | It was kind of you to write. I went to the Admiralty yesterday to pay my official call & knocked up against Captain Harper in the passage, very angry with the Daily Mail for an attack on him. I have not seen the article, as that is a paper I do not read. I fancy the First Lord is taking up the matter in the House. | + | It was kind of you to write. I went to the Admiralty yesterday to pay my official call & knocked up against Captain [[John Ernest Troyte Harper|Harper]] in the passage, very angry with the Daily Mail for an attack on him. I have not seen the article, as that is a paper I do not read. I fancy the First Lord is taking up the matter in the House. |
| − | I mentioned to him the delay in publication and am seeing him again next week, when I intend to go into the question of alterations in the report. I shall not of course say where I heard of [438] them, but many people have spoken to me on the subject. I may ask to see the original report. Captain Harper told me that the erasures were only thinly ruled through and I could easily see what was said in the original. I understand that von Scheer's report is to be published. | + | I mentioned to him the delay in publication and am seeing him again next week, when I intend to go into the question of alterations in the report. I shall not of course say where I heard of [438] them, but many people have spoken to me on the subject. I may ask to see the original report. Captain Harper told me that the erasures were only thinly ruled through and I could easily see what was said in the original. I understand that [[Reinhard Scheer|von Scheer]]'s report is to be published. |
What a mine of wealth this publication will be to those so-called naval experts to write articles for money!! . . . | What a mine of wealth this publication will be to those so-called naval experts to write articles for money!! . . . | ||
Latest revision as of 10:45, 26 December 2020
Letter from Lord Jellicoe to Lieutenant-Commander Oswald Frewen concerning the Jutland controversy, located in Add. MSS. 537338 in the possession of the British Library, reproduced in The Beatty Papers Volume II, pp. 437-438.
Letter
St Lawrence Hall,
Ventnor,
Isle of Wight,
12/2/20
My Dear Frewen,
Many thanks for your letter.
It was kind of you to write. I went to the Admiralty yesterday to pay my official call & knocked up against Captain Harper in the passage, very angry with the Daily Mail for an attack on him. I have not seen the article, as that is a paper I do not read. I fancy the First Lord is taking up the matter in the House.
I mentioned to him the delay in publication and am seeing him again next week, when I intend to go into the question of alterations in the report. I shall not of course say where I heard of [438] them, but many people have spoken to me on the subject. I may ask to see the original report. Captain Harper told me that the erasures were only thinly ruled through and I could easily see what was said in the original. I understand that von Scheer's report is to be published.
What a mine of wealth this publication will be to those so-called naval experts to write articles for money!! . . .
yours sincerely,
[Signed] JELLICOE
