Correspondence with and on the Samy family, particularly on an official allowance made to them, and whether they had a legal claim against the Government relating to various properties formerly belonging to the Imperial Ottoman family in the Middle East. Correspondents include: Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick [Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office] (2); Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice [Foreign Office Legal Adviser]; Sir William Goodenough; Ernest Bevin [Foreign Secretary] (3); Sir Wyndham Deedes (3); Sir Andrew Ryan (2); Sir Orme Sargent [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; Sir Alan Lascelles [Private Secretary to King George VI] (2); Hector McNeil [Minister of State, Foreign Office]; Philip Noel-Baker [Minister of State, Foreign Office]; Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; [Henry] Wickham Steed; 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis]; [Robert] Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] (5). |