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    WI: Asquith's letters to Venetia Stanley published in 1915?

    Also, by communicating state secrets to Venetia, Asquith was violating the Official Secrets Act 1911 and risking a misdemeanor charge of two years' imprisonment: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/28/section/2/enacted
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    WI: Asquith's letters to Venetia Stanley published in 1915?

    Yes, the parts of the letters with state secrets would not be published — that makes sense — but what about the portions of the letters that expressed Asquith's love for Venetia? I suspect there would be a wartime sex scandal...
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    WI: Asquith's letters to Venetia Stanley published in 1915?

    Venetia Stanley was a walking security risk because British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith wrote letters to her full of sweet nothings and state secrets and then sent them to her in the regular mail. Fortunately for Asquith, Venetia was discreet, and the letters were not published until 1982, long...
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