“This Treasury paper, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.”

—  Winston S. Churchill

As cited in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, p. 50, ISBN 1586486389
Post-war years (1945–1955)

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