"Two questions. (1) When he gave a speech to his Cabinet earlier in the movie the Cabinet applauded him. Did this really happen? English people tend not to applaud as readily as our American cousins do. Following on Richard Langworth's comments citing Hugh Dalton and Churchill's own recollection of the 28 May 1940 Cabinet meeting, here is the diary entry set down by another of those present, Leo Amery, Secretary of State for India. I quote the end of his account: "Attended a meeting of Cabinet rank ministers outside the War Cabinet convened by Winston to tell us the situation . . . One thing he was clear about was that there could be no greater folly than to try at this moment to offer concessions to either Italy or Germany, the powers which were out to destroy us. There was nothing to be done at any rate until we had turned the tide, except fight all out and then he drew a picture of the encouraging side of the position. We had a little question and answering after that and then left all of us tremendously heartened by Winston's resolution and grip of things. He is a real war leader and one whom it is worth while serving under." Amery's diary is in the Churchill Archive Centre. "Tremendously heartened" can be understood any number of ways, but what is clear by all accounts is that the full Cabinet completely backed the Prime Minister. Respectfully, David Freeman --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
