GIFTS TO CHURCHILL
CIGARS AND CHAMPAGNE
LONDON, April 3. Men and women from all parts of the world show their appreciation of Mr Churchill by sending. him gifts. Among the latest are 2,500 cigars and several dozen bottles of champagne and brandy. The cigars were sent from Cuba by leading manufacturers. and the liquor came from Russia, personal gifts from Stalin, who sent Mr Eden some also. Mr Churchill enjoys no special rights in the eyes of H.M. Customs, so he has to pay full duty for these gifts. The Prime Minister also contributes to revenue through the purchase tax on gifts he presents. “He paid in full the purchase tax on a. s'lver plaque he sent to the Teheran Embassy, commemorating the 1943 “Big Three” meeting..
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 May 1945, Page 4
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