CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed memorandum signed (in red pen, 'W.S.C.'), n.p. [War Office], 22 June 1919, addressed to the 'Mil[itary] Sec[retary], 'I do not see any necessity to publish despatches about the suppression of rioting in India or in Egypt ... We really cannot have despatches written about street brawlings. We shall have a despatch from the Chief Constable of Surrey on the battle of Epsom next', one page, 4to, coungersignature. Provenance: Sotheby's, 20 July 1989, lot 273.