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Summarise the suggestions made in correspondence and in conversation.

'A Few Notes by Sir Henry Morris-Jones for use by, or by the direction only of Mrs Clement Davies, if desired'. 5 Typed sheets of recollections about Clement Davies, 1929-1950.

Letter from L. G. Pine, Managing Editor the The Shooting Times, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 15 March 1963. Sender quite understands that Mrs Clement Davies cannot yet decide on a publisher for Clement Davies's biography as she needs to discuss the matter with her son.

Letter from E. Elath, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 5 March 1963. Has no personal documents relating to Clement Davies in his files, but there may be some in the official files of the Embassy in London. Would be happy to write a note about his contacts with Clement Davies when he [the writer] was Israel's Ambassador in London.

Letter from Councillor Wynne Thomas, JP, Aberdyfi, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 28 February 1963. Recounts a speech made by Clement Davies at a public meeting at Aberdyfi 'during the latter period of the second great War' to 'help the War effort in the neighbourhood.' 'The distinguished Chairman [Lord Atkin of Aberdyfi] and Speaker were at their very best that night.'.

Letter from Mark Harrison, Editorial Page Editor of Toronto Star Limited, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 19 February 1963. Unable to publish an appeal for material for a biography of Clement Davies as such requests have been refused in the past.

Encloses a letter from Clement Davies to sender when the former was an Honorary Vice-President of the Oxford University Eastern Europe Society and the latter the President in 1961. No letter enclosed.

Letter from Alan Hodge, joint editor of History Today, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 18 February 1963. Shall be pleased to publish appeal for material for Clement Davies's biography.

Letter from John W. Benson, Hon. Secretary of the Eighty Club, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 18 February 1963. Thinks any biography of Clement Davies should include material about Clement Davies's connection with the Eighty Club, of which he was a Vice-President and later Deputy-President. Encloses a booklet on the Club. No booklet attached.

Letter from L. G. Pine, Managing Editor of The Shooting Times, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 11 February 1963. Offers to assist in publishing the projected biography of Clement Davies by securing Percival Marshall as publisher. Outlines his own career.

Letter from Dimmy [Major General W. A. Dimoline], British group, Inter-Parliamentary Union, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 15th February 1963. Contains details of Clement Davies's service with the Inter-Parliamentary Union in response to an enquiry.

Letter from the Hon. W. Rupert Davies, Toronto, Ontario, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 4 February 1963. Recommends the Winnipeg Free Press and the Toronto Globe and Mail as suitable newspapers in which Mrs Clement-Davies might publish her appeal. She needs to emphasise that Clement Davies was the Leader of the Liberal Party in Britain and thus an important public figure. The biography should also stress that Clement Davies was invited to become a member of Churchill's Government in 1951.

Letter from Derick [ ], Contemporary Review, to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 5 February 1963. Suggests adding Peter Quennell and Alan Hodge to the list of people to approach re material for biography.

Letter from W. Rupert Davies to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 9 February 1963. Thinks it important that letter should appear in the national newspapers before the provincial press and gives addresses of the editors of the Toronto Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and The Citizen.

Letter from Iain Hamilton to Mrs Jano Clement-Davies, 31 January 1963. Recommends Robert Lusty of Hutchinson as a suitable publisher and suggests consulting a literary agent, such as Curtis Brown Ltd, to find a suitable biographer. He states three conditions for the biographer; he must be (a) good, (b) free to take on the job, and (c) able to do it within the financial limitations which the estimated sale of the book will impose.