Letter to Lawrence Lee [manuscript] , 31 Dec. 1940. 1940.

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Letter to Lawrence Lee [manuscript] , 31 Dec. 1940. 1940.

Knox writes to the Virginia Quarterly Review editor requesting voluntary press censorship concerning naval and defense movements.

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