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Reference code
MONT II/A/3/12/6
Title
Telegram from Lord Reading to Edwin Montagu
Date(s)
- 15 Dec. 1921 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1879-1924)
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Scope and content
It is impossible to lay down a general rule for differentiating political prisoners from other offenders. Following Reading’s precedent in the case of the Ali brothers, Ronaldshay has instructed political prisoners to be given a more liberal diet, but if mitigations were made public, it would make martyrdom easier.
(Typed.)