NEW POST FOR LORD
SWINTON
I EUGBY, June 8. The appointment of Lord Swinton to be Resident Minister in West Africa, with Cabinet rank, is announced. He will serve under the War Cabinet. The main purpose of the appointment, which is modelled on that of the
Minister of State in the Middle East, is to ensure effective co-operation in the prosecution pf the war of all the services, civil and military, throughout West Africa, i Lord Swinton was Secretary for Air, ! 1935-38—8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1942, Page 5
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83NEW POST FOR LORD Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1942, Page 5
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