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WAUGH, EVELYN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Member of Parliament Thomas Cecil Russell Moore,

THE FOREIGN SEC. WOULD NOT "BETRAY OUR FRIENDS AS...CHURCHILL & ...EDEN DID" WAUGH, EVELYN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Member of Parliament Thomas Cecil Russell Moore, reporting that he wrote an anonymous letter to a British newspaper and gave information to the editor of another concerning what he learned in Yugoslavia [while serving in the British Army], accusing the Conservative Government of supporting Communist revolution, accusing Conservative MPs Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden of betraying the allies, and offering to meet to share whatever information he had about the situation in Yugoslavia. 2 pages, 4to, personal stationery; minor staining from staple at upper left corner, horizontal fold, faint scattered soiling. (SFC) Stinchcombe, 5 November 1945

". . . My experience of Jugo-Slavia was limited to Croatia which I left in March of this year & from which I have had no news since. On my return to this country I wrote two letters to the 'Times' newspaper signed 'A British soldier lately in Jugo-Slavia'; I also put all the information I had at the disposal of the editor of 'The Tablet' who has made effective use of it. (I do not know whether you ever see that valuable journal.) I also made a full report on the question of the Catholic Church in Croatia to the Foreign Office, which I believe has been fairly circulated. In an interview with Lord Burnham I was expressly forbidden to show this report to any private individuals.
"I do not know what a private member of Parliament,--or indeed a Minister--can do about the grave crimes that are being committed in Jugo-Slavia. A British Conservative Government armed and officially recognized the Communist revolution. A Conservative Government condoned the annexation of Lithuania . . . . When that was done I sequestered myself from all political allegiance and rejoice at the party's swift humiliation. I do not think Mr. [Ernest] Bevin would have dared, or wishes, to betray our friends as Mr. Churchill & Mr. Eden did. . . ."
With-- Four items: Letter from Signalman Vincent J. Murphy of the Royal Signals in Yugoslavia to Moore, describing the desperate situation ("The British press, as it reaches us here, has ever been full of praise and admiration for the Tito regime. You cannot image our chagrin and disgust at the lies, evasions, distortions and half truths . . ."). 5½ pages, 4to, written on recto and verso of three sheets. Dubrovnik, 20 September 1945 • Three copies of related letters from Moore to Waugh. Each 1 page, small 4to. [London], October-November 1945.

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    ". . . My experience of Jugo-Slavia was limited to Croatia which I left in March of this year & from which I have had no news since. On my return to this country I wrote two letters to the 'Times' newspaper signed 'A British soldier lately in Jugo-Slavia'; I also put all the information I had at the disposal of the editor of 'The Tablet' who has made effective use of it. (I do not know whether you ever see that valuable journal.) I also made a full report on the question of the Catholic Church in Croatia to the Foreign Office, which I believe has been fairly circulated. In an interview with Lord Burnham I was expressly forbidden to show this report to any private individuals.
    "I do not know what a private member of Parliament,--or indeed a Minister--can do about the grave crimes that are being committed in Jugo-Slavia. A British Conservative Government armed and officially recognized the Communist revolution. A Conservative Government condoned the annexation of Lithuania . . . . When that was done I sequestered myself from all political allegiance and rejoice at the party's swift humiliation. I do not think Mr. [Ernest] Bevin would have dared, or wishes, to betray our friends as Mr. Churchill & Mr. Eden did. . . ."
    With-- Four items: Letter from Signalman Vincent J. Murphy of the Royal Signals in Yugoslavia to Moore, describing the desperate situation ("The British press, as it reaches us here, has ever been full of praise and admiration for the Tito regime. You cannot image our chagrin and disgust at the lies, evasions, distortions and half truths . . ."). 5½ pages, 4to, written on recto and verso of three sheets. Dubrovnik, 20 September 1945 • Three copies of related letters from Moore to Waugh. Each 1 page, small 4to. [London], October-November 1945.
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