View source for Jellicoe Letter to Frewen, 12 February, 1920

Letter from Lord Jellicoe to Lieutenant-Commander [[Oswald Moreton Frewen|Oswald Frewen]] concerning the Jutland controversy, located in Add. MSS. 537338 in the possession of the British Library, reproduced in ''The Beatty Papers'' '''Volume II''', pp. 437-438.
==Letter==
St Lawrence Hall,

Ventnor,

Isle of Wight,

12/2/20


My Dear [[Oswald Moreton Frewen|Frewen]],

Many thanks for your letter.

It was kind of you to write.  I went to the Admiralty yesterday to pay my official call & knocked up against Captain [[John Ernest Troyte Harper|Harper]] in the passage, very angry with the Daily Mail for an attack on him.  I have not seen the article, as that is a paper I do not read.  I fancy the First Lord is taking up the matter in the House.

I mentioned to him the delay in publication and am seeing him again next week, when I intend to go into the question of alterations in the report.  I shall not of course say where I heard of [438] them, but many people have spoken to me on the subject.  I may ask to see the original report.  Captain Harper told me that the erasures were only thinly ruled through and I could easily see what was said in the original.  I understand that [[Reinhard Scheer|von Scheer]]'s report is to be published.

What a mine of wealth this publication will be to those so-called naval experts to write articles for money!! . . .

yours sincerely,

[Signed] JELLICOE

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[[Category:John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe]]
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[[Category:Jutland Controversy]]