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MONT II/A/2/3/2
Title
Draft of a telegram from Edwin Montagu to Sir George Lloyd
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- [16 Apr. 1919] (Creation)
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(1879-1924)
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Will support him in any measures he takes. He feels sure that Lloyd has considered how far deportation will assist and not endanger the restoration of law and order, and also whether, before resorting to it, he should send for those he regards as being responsible and demand their good behaviour, or even assistance, under threat of punitive action.
(Typed, with handwritten alterations by Sir Thomas Holderness (cf. A2/3/3). The transmitted text is A2/3/4.)