File A2/2. - Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London. In 1943 Huw T. Edwards received from one of Churchill's secretaries ...,

Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London. In 1943 Huw T. Edwards received from one of Churchill's secretaries a letter stating that it was the intention to nominate him for an honour to King George VI. He accepted the honour, believing that Churchill was sincere in the many tributes which he had paid to the Labour leaders. He also felt that the honour was a tribute to the many thousands of members of his trades union and the role which they had played in the war effort. But Churchill's recent broadcast speeches have made it abundantly clear that 'a very great war leader is prepared to malign and discredit the whole Movement to which [the writer] has the honour of belonging'. He is further insulting the intelligence of the British electorate by suggesting that the election of a Labour Government to power would mean 'the introduction of a Gestapo and all the other vile things that Nazi Germany stood for ...'. Wishes his name, therefore, to be removed from the official list of Members of the British Empire. He will be returning, under separate cover, the Medal and Scroll.