Churchill felt he was 'sold a pup' of a bomb shelter, letter reveals While Hitler had a proper shelter, Britain's Cabinet made do with a vulnerable cellar
By Arifa Akbar Monday, 20 July 2009 An outraged Winston Churchill accused civil servants of misleading him after discovering that his secret wartime bunker was not bomb-proof, according to a letter going on show for the first time in a new exhibition. The document, written on 13 September 1940 by Patrick Duff, then permanent secretary at the Office of Works, reveals how Churchill complained that Duff had "sold him a pup" and let him think that "this place is a real bomb-proof shelter". etc.... The Independent, 20 July 2009 : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/churchill-felt-he-was-sold-a-pup-of-a-bomb-shelter-letter-reveals-1753021.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
