Επιστολή του Σ. Βενιζέλου προς τον Άγγλο πρεσβευτή Leeper σχετικά με τους λόγους της παραίτησης του ιδίου και των Φιλελεύθερων μελών της κυβέρνησης Παπανδρέου.

Dear Sir, Mr. Churchill in his speech in the House of Commons having done me the honour of mentioning me as participant in the Hellenic Government for National Unity, I am addressing this letter to you in order to explain the reasons which left the Liberal Party no alternative but to send in their resignation. I beg you, by the same occasion, to transmit my letter to H.E. Mr. Churchill. It is well known that the Hellenic Liberals represent the strongest and traditionally most Anglophile Party in Greece; notwithstanding which fact the Hellenic Prime Minister has not only ignored but distinctly exclu- ded the Liberal Party from his plans. I could write very lengthily on the subject were I to enter into every detail retailing the reasons of our resignation, but I consider the following incident quite enough to depict the situation: the Prime Minister accompanied only by the King's Political Councillor, left for Italy on a self-decided mission, without even observing the elementary form of advising me of his intended journey during which I should have, in the natural order of things, had to take his place. Actions or slights of this order make our position untenable and we cannot be blamed for having lost all con- fidence in the person of the Prime Minister. I wish, nevertheless to advise you that we Liberals are still willing to participate with the United National Government which we ourselves have created, on condition that the Government represents a true coalition Government and not a personal one taking the shape of the Dictatorship against which we are jointly fighting. M. Leeper British Ambassador