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• The author would like to thank The Scouloudi Foundation for its generous financial support which made this article possible. Crown Copyright material held in the Public Record Office appears by courtesy of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Quotations from the Lord Killearn (formerly Sir Miles Lampson) diaries appear courtesy of the Director of the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford.
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