DIFFERENCES ARISE
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND FOREIGN OFFICE LONDON, June 9. The political correspondent of the Daily Mail ’ says that Sir Walter Monckton, Director-General of the Ministry of Information, and Mr Cyril lladcliffe, Deputy Director, contemplate handing their resignations to Mr Churchill. Differences have arisen between the Ministry and the Foreign Office with regard to the organisation of the British news service to the United ; States. Sir Walter Monckton proposed, several candidates whom h» wished to have sent to America to assist Sir Gerald Campbell, who has been entrusted with the direction of existing British information services in the Tinted States. Apparently the Foreign Office objected to some of Sir Walter’s nominees, resulting in the resignations. This is the culmination of a series of differences between the Ministry of Information and various Government departments.
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Evening Star, Issue 23908, 11 June 1941, Page 8
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