“SCURRILOUS ATTACKS”
DEFENCE OF SIR ROBERT BROOKE-POPHAM London, March 4. Wing-Commander A. W. H. James referred in the House of Commons to “scurrilous attacks” on Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, former commander of the British forces in the Far East. “As far as I have been able to ascertain,” he said, “there are no grounds whatever for the aspersions cast on Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. There is too great a tendency for politicians to shelter behind senior members of the Services.” The Air Secretary, Sir Archibald Sinclair, said he deeply resented the implication against the honour of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, who was an exceedingly gallant officer and had rendered fine service to his country.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 55, 6 March 1942, Page 5
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