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Wages Policy in the United Kingdom in the Second World War: A.J. Corfield
Catalogue reference: LAB 76/2
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Wages Policy in the United Kingdom in the Second World War: A.J. Corfield
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War Cabinet, Control of Official Histories Committee: Official Histories: Correspondence...
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