| StorageSite | UCL SSEES |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | BTL/8/4 |
| Title | Folder Entitled 'Post Cabinet and Small Amount on Pre-Cabinet' |
| Date | 18 Jan 1971 - 20 Apr 1972 |
| Description | Extracts from files relating to Lord Bethell's resignation from the Government, including draft of resignation text suggested by the Lord Privy Seal.
Includes copies of Bethell's statement for his libel action against Private Eye with a minute from the Law Officer's Department regarding the statement: 'I do not think that anything new emerges which indicates that much damage is to be done to HM Government'. Additionally, a copy of a letter written by Bethell to Lord Jellicoe regarding the cancellation of a visa to Czechoslovakia.
The folder includes a note written by Bethell 'This is order released by Whitehall so leave'. |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |
| Copyright | The National Archives/Crown Copyright |