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National
Archives (Public Record Office), London
Royal Air Force
file AIR 1/2703
Aircraftman Shaw,
invitation to lunch with US of S
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Correspondence
with Sir Philip Sassoon, Under Secretary of State for Air |
| 1934 Nov 15 T.E. Lawrence
to Sir Philip Sassoon [He had known Sassoon for some years] |
Comments on his posting to
Bridlington, likely to last until his discharge: "If ever you feel
that you want a nice place for a winter - give Bridlington a miss.
Without work it would be impossible.' |
| 1934 Nov 19 H. Russell
(secretary of Sir Philip Sassoon) to T. E. Lawrence. |
Sir Philip is ill with flu,
but would like Lawrence to lunch with him on 27 November at his house in
Park Lane. Offers to post Lawrence away from Bridlington during the
winter. Failing 27 November, would Lawrence suggest a date? |
| 1934 Nov 20 T.E. Lawrence
to Sir Philip Sassoon |
Responds to the letter
above, declining the invitation to lunch: "I mustn't leave here as
early as November 27, even to lunch in Park Lane". Explains that
his previous letter was not intended as a complaint about his posting to
Bridlington: "My 'complaint' is against the foulness of the North
Sea in winter, and the excessively northward positioning of the British
Isles. I should like to swap them for the Azores." |
| 1935 Dec 7 T.E. Lawrence to
Sir Philip Sassoon |
Explains that he is
unlikely to pass through London until the Saturday before Christmas.
However, it is possible that he may go to London to meet Alexander Korda,
who is proposing a film: "I have strong views as to the
undesirability of any such film. So I have sent him word that perhaps he
ought to discuss his intentions with me before he opens his silly mouth
again." |
Revised: 7 June 2002
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