RefNoMDA/A/24/2/10
LevelItem
TitleLetter from A V Hill, to the Lord President of the Council, Privy Council Offices, Whitehall, SW1
Date11 November 1940
DescriptionInforms the Lord President of his association with the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, 'helping to maintain and restore scientists and scholars who have been forced to leave their homes and jobs by persecution or intolerance'. Notes that the Society has been receiving a government grant for this work since 1940 - describes how it will suffer under the new scheme in Parliament and is writing in the hopes of discussing possibilities, including an appeal to the British Council.
Extent4pp
FormatTypescript copy
AccessStatusOpen
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