Letter from Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Lord Salisbury writes concerning the words of [Douglas Dawson] the Military Attache at Paris in respect of the danger of war with France and the inadequacy of British forces and armaments. He further writes recommending a "small departmental committee" be formed to report upon the points raised "on the hypothesis that we are to have a French war next October". Sent from: [London]. Letter is marked "Private" and is written on Foreign Office headed paper. See also CS8/2807.

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Arranged in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition, Ottawa 2000 and The Devonshire Collection Cataloguing Guidelines.

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