IRON DUKE’S DICTUM
RECALLED BY GENERAL AUCHINLECK DENUNCIATION OF FUTIL'E CORRESPONDENCE. STANDARD SET BEFORE OFFICERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day Noon.) CAIRO, May 25. General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, who has no use for red tape, sent a letter to officers at his headquarters drawing attention to a letter written by the Duke of Wellington from Spain, about 1810, to the War Secretary, Lord Bradford. The Iron Duke said: “My Lord, if I attempted to answer the mass of futile correspondence surrounding me, I should be debarred from all the serious business of campaigning.” The Duke outspokenly referred to “the futile drivelling of mere quill-drivers in your Lordship’s office.” General Auchinleck comments to his officers: “I know this does not apply to you, but please see that it can never be applied to you or to anyone working under you.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1942, Page 4
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145IRON DUKE’S DICTUM Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1942, Page 4
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