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Churchill, Winston. Typed letter signed ('Winston S. Churchill') as Prime Minister.

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Churchill, Winston. Typed letter signed ('Winston S. Churchill') as Prime Minister.
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115. * Churchill, Winston. Typed letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill") as Prime Minister, 1-page (7.5 x 9.5 in.; 190 x 241 mm), on "10, Downing Street, Whitehall" letterhead stationery, dated 19 January 1954, written to "His Majesty King Peter II of Yugoslavia". With original "10, Downing Street, Whitehall" transmittal envelope. Usual folds with punch and staple holes at upper left and mounting remnants on verso.
Winston Churchill's vote of confidence in King Peter II of Yugoslavia who was forced to flee his country following the assassination of his father, King Alexander, by Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic: "Your Majesty...like the other Allied Powers fighting against Hitler...regarded him as a terrorist..." Churchill writes in full (his handwritten closing shown in bold): Sir, I thank Your Majesty for your letter of January 11 and for your good wishes for the New Year. It is well-known that Your Majesty had no connection during the war years with Ante Pavelic, or with the Ustasi Movement of which he was the head, and that like the other Allied Powers fighting against Hitler you regarded him as a terrorist who had usurped power in Croatia and was fighting for the Nazis. Your Majesty's Servant, Winston S. Churchill
Croatian fascist leader Ante Pavelic, a member of the extreme nationalist wing of the Croatian Party of (State) Right established by Starcevic, left Yugoslavia for Italy where, with Benito Mussolini's support, he organized the Ustasa, the Croatian fascist movement which assassinated Yugoslavian King Alexander in Marseilles (Peter II's father). Three weeks after taking the throne, Peter II was forced to flee his country and set up a government-in-exile in London (April 1941). From the collection of William J. Bell. $3,000 - $5,000