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3 The Years of War,
1939-46
'During the war the advice of scholars has again and again been thrust
aside by unimaginative officials, military as 3vell as civil, only
to be taken later, sometimes too late.'
Professor R. L. Turner to the Earl of Scarbrough, 1 October 1945
'The Commission... has unanimously reached the conclusion that the
existing provision for these studies is unworthy of our country and people.'
Report of the Interdepartmental Commission of Enquiry on Oriental,
Slavonic, East European and African Studies, 16 April 1946
'The foresight of the Senate and the Court in urging upon
the Government the need for an expansion of the School was amply proved
by the experience of war.'
Report of the Court of the University of London, 6 January 1947 |
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