Mr I E J Batchelor sent these two letters to the Minister of Health in June 1968. The contents of [at least one of] these letters (and the author) are already on the interwebs, but not the scans, methinks. Letter 1, page 1... [Document source: MH 164/11]
The pencil annotation at top right says: "I think this man used to be a constituent of mine given to writing pro-Scientology letters. KR" [Kenneth Robinson MP, the minister]
The annotations on page 2 are not so easy to read. I can see the words [top right] "told by Susan Mason" "[indecipherable] for trivial reason e.g. [indecipherable]" "which I saw displayed on the ship" [top left] "Polish [indecipherable]" "a young lad" [indecipherable]
The part about imprisonment for 3 days without food or water is particularly interesting. Kenneth Robinson rings a bell. Spoke in Parliament about/against Scientology? Or put his name to a report?
Horseradish, you are full of win for getting your ass down to the National Archives and scanning in all this stuff. View attachment images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrJdZRtZDJgYE3INviB4hUsLcS6Fc_L
^^This. Love note for mods: can we soon haz a Horseradish dox appreciation subforum, like we do for Martin Ottman dox, so we can keep all the delicious "UK National Archives" dox in one place?
Got it. I think it was the libel suit from Scientology against him (mentioned in the other dox you just posted) that was ringing a bell.
I lurrrrve the National Archives. It's like being allowed to go through someone else's drawers, but much more interesting.
It would probably make sense to have a separate sub-forum, entitled UK National Archives. There are quite a few relevant series, not just MEPO and MH. It's a question of getting over there to spend some time taking pix. I've got around 650+ dox now, but expect another thousand or so.
Mods approve, but can't do this Request has been made to sue - he's not on a lot these days though, so you may need to be patient
