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- 20 Mar. 1946 (Vervaardig)
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Résidence Générale de la République Française, Tunis.—Describes the Cabinet mission’s flight to Tunis and their accommodation there.
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Résidence Générale de la République Française à Tunis
Tunis, le 20 March.
My own dear Love.
A gorgeous Bougainvillée tree in full bloom greeted me when I arrived in the upper courtyard of this house last night. It recalled many happy memories of travels you & I have had together about this time of year.
I have read your very dear letter {1} & shall be able to think of your movements day by day & send my thoughts to you & to all the friends tht† are coming to see you. Please give my love to one & all.
EMP & the girls {2} will have told you about our motor ride & about Hurn {3}. I think they went into the aeroplane & saw our comfortable quarters. We were finally in the air a little before noon & in half an hour were over the Cherbourg peninsular. Signs of devastation were just visible at a height of 7000 feet. At one o’clock a white table cloth was laid & soup & sandwiches appeared. I thought this was lunch & partook only to be told that lunch was served at 2! However it did me no harm.
2.30 we were over the French mountains & a thick coat of snow was visible. At 3.30 we saw the mouth of the Rhone & about 4.15 the coast of Sardinia. At 5 o’c we landed (most gently) on the airfield at Tunis & drove out here. The sun was setting & local time registered an hour later. The British Consul met us & escorted us here—a very fine villa reminiscent of Mena House {4}. It is only moderately warm. The others are going to have a leisurely walk, & a drive into Tunis this afternoon. We dine tonight with the French resident & are off on Friday morning before dawn.
We had a steak last night such as I have not seen since 1939 & tangerine oranges.
The others are waiting for me
Yours ever
Boy
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{1} PETH 8/68, dated 18 March.
{2} i.e. Ethel Mary Pethick, Emmeline’s sister, and the Pethick-Lawrences’ secretaries, Esther E. Knowles and Gladys E. Groom.
{3} Hurn aerodrome, near Bournemouth.
{4} The Mena House Hotel, by the Pyramids at Giza.
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- Lawrence, Emmeline Pethick- (1867-1954), suffragette, wife of the 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence (Onderwerp)
- Pethick, Ethel Mary (1869-1948), suffragette (Onderwerp)
- Smith, Gladys Elizabeth Groom- (1908-1978), secretary to Lord and Lady Pethick-Lawrence (Onderwerp)
- Knowles, Esther Edith (1895-1974), secretary to Lord and Lady Pethick-Lawrence (Onderwerp)
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This description was created by A. C. Green in 2020.