"Common sense and not bravado would dictate the British Government's policy."

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomAmbassadorsUniversity of Oxford facultyGovernment ministersConservative Party (UK) politicians
Original Language: English

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Remark to Rab Butler contained in the Björn Prytz telegram (17 June 1940), quoted in Andrew Roberts, ‘The Holy Fox’: The Life of Lord Halifax (Phoenix, 1997), p. 232