A FATAL LETTER
NOT A FORGERY. AUTHENTICITY PROVED. CABINET SATISFIED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Nov. 5, 11.5 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 5. The Daily Chronicle understands that the Cabinet Committee, beiim satisfied with the authenticity of the Zinovieff letter, is now trying to discover how the press secured a copy. The following facts hate been established : There were three or four letters of a similar character despatched from Moscow and carried by special messengers to Communist headquarters and received by the Foreign Office, which received another one on October 10. One of the letters was banded to a very prominent Conservative ex-Minister, on October 22 on the occasion of the marriage of Kipling’s daughter. This was released to the press by the Conservatives’ headquarters. The .Foreign Office was informed on October 24 that the letter had been handed to the press. The Foreign Office immediately released it with MacDonald’s letter, which prepared for such an emergency. The committee has discovered how the letter reached the Conservative ex. Minister. .
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1924, Page 5
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167A FATAL LETTER Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1924, Page 5
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