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[Grey of Fallodon]

Private

29 Wimpole Street W.1
Nov. 7. 1930

My dear Buchan,

Treatment in a Nursing
Home is not an ideal condition
for writing letters; and as any
appointment to the High
Stewardship has to go before
Convocation, it would be discourteous
for me to make
any decision public before it is
submitted to Convocation.
But I feel I ought to let you
know privately that about a
week ago I decided that the
appointment of Sankey was
the right one; and I notified