Interview of Eamon De Valera by Sir John Wheeler-Bennett and associated correspondence

1959 10
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Main Creator: De Valera, Éamon, 1882-1975
Contributors: Wheeler-Bennett, John Sir 1902-1975
Summary:(1): Account of an interview with De Valera on 9 Oct 1959. . Deals with Sir John Anderson and the early negotiations for the Truce. "Those three men, lloyd George and Churchill and Smith made dupes of Griffith and Collins ... The true Republic dated from the General Election of 1918 ... Dev asserted that at that moment [the time of his arrest in June 1921] he had no idea of any negotiations taking place between Andy Cope and Sinn Fein. ... We touched on the subject of his memoirs ... (2) Letter from De Valera to Wheeler-Bennett 13 10 1959 in which he regrets that he strayed from the topic of the interview, i.e. Sir John Anderson, and offering to provide any assistance he can and asking that his remarks in the interview should not be quoted. (3): Copy letter in reply to (2) in which Wheeler-Bennett agrees not to quote De Valera
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Language:English
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Ms 33,047
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