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Approach by Lady Mountbatten to the Prime Minister on the admittance of "Save The...
Catalogue reference: PREM 8/1170
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This record is about the Approach by Lady Mountbatten to the Prime Minister on the admittance of "Save The... dating from 1950 in the series Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1951. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PREM 8/1170
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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Approach by Lady Mountbatten to the Prime Minister on the admittance of "Save The Children Fund" and other charitable organisations to Korea for relief work.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C201444/
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PREM 8
Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1951
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