13 Barrow Road, Cambridge.—Invites him to sign the enclosed form (nominating Nehru as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; see 1/352). Nehru has not yet declared his willingness to stand.
13 Barrow Road, Cambridge.—Thanks him for his contribution to the fund for the Nehru campaign.
Confirms his telegram asking for his name to be added to those nominating Nehru for the chancellorship of the University of Cambridge.
(Typed directly on the sheet are transcripts of a postscript and the telegram referred to.)
Lord Clydesmuir will be pleased to support Nehru. Is trying to secure the support of a prominent Liberal.
Confirms his telegram (see 1/345). Can visit Cambridge on Thursday if necessary. Has not yet been able to secure the support of a Liberal.
Has agreed to sign the memorandum which Gold is proposing to send to members of the Cambridge University Senate today, on condition that it will also be signed by several resident members of the University. Hopes that Clydesmuir will sign it too.
195 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2.—Has not added his name to the memorandum, as he was unwilling to do so without seeing the text, which he presumes has now been issued.
Thanks him for his letter and its enclosure (1/349-50), and acknowledges that he would have made the same decision had he been in the Prime Minister’s (Nehru’s) shoes.