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• The Significance of Sir John Reith

  Posted by Hirving on Jan. 16, 2015

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  This blog post by Dr Henry Irving argues that the appointment of Sir John Reith as Minister of Information on 5 January 1940 was one of the most important moments in the Ministry’s history.

  On the 5 January 1940 the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain appointed Sir John Reith as …