Subject File: Nenni Telegram Affair
- Reference No:
- U DPM/1/25
- Dates:
- 14 May 1948-4 Jan 1985
- Description:
- File contains correspondence and press cuttings relating to the aftermath of the Nenni Telegram Affair. The affair was sparked after a number of Labour Party members including Platts-Mills sent a message of support for Pietro Nenni and the Italian Socialist Party on 25 Feb 1944 ahead of the Italian General Election. This was seen to be in contradiction to the official party line which had refused to support Nenni after his co-operation with the Italian Community Party. The incident directly contributed to expulsion of John Platts-Mills from the Labour Party in 1948. Papers include references to the following: Cost of the telegram; Invitation to stand as Communist Party official parliamentary candidate from Thomas Forrester; Party discipline; Speeches and statements by Platts-Mills in his own defence; Expulsion of Finsbury councillors for refusing to withdraw support for Platts-Mills as their MP; Copy of the parliamentary debate of 26 May 1948 on the Italian Elections (Members' Telegram) in which Platts-Mills took part following the breaking of the Nenni Telegram Affair.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Records of John Platts-Mill QC
