Thank you Allen

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Allen Packwood
<allen.packw...@chu.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear Johan,
>
> What happened is well documented. Churchill adjourned the small War Cabinet 
> to speak to the larger gathering of Ministers outside the War Cabinet and 
> made an impassioned plea to keep fighting that resulted in a standing ovation 
> from his political colleagues. This clever move strengthened his hand and 
> allowed him to win the debate in the War Cabinet. So no vote needed.
>
> All best wishes,
>
> Allen
>
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> From: churchillchat@googlegroups.com [mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com] 
> On Behalf Of Johan Arve
> Sent: 06 September 2016 14:26
> To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Deliberations on peace with Germany in 1940 in the 
> Cabinet
>
> From Lukacs I have understood that Churchill and Halifax debated a
> separate peace with Germany during the difficult days of May/June of
> 1940. Was this resolved by discussion only or did the Cabinet actually
> vote on the matter?
>
> If the answer is that it was resolved with a vote, I'd be delighted if
> I could be pointed to a source.
>
> Gratefully Yours,
> Johan Arve
>
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