Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secret-spent a busy morning today.
He was granted an audience by His Majesty the King early in the day, which lested for twenty minutes. The Foreign Secretary left Buckingham Palace at 10.30 a.m. and proceeded to the Foreign Office.
Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home Secretary, arrived at No. 10 Downing Street at 11 am. He left ten minutes later on his way to the Foreign Office. A large crowd started massing around Whitehall and Downing Street this morning, and were being held back by police cordons.
His Majesty this morning also received Viscount Hailsham, the
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