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Sir Richard [[Stafford Cripps]] (1889-1952) was a [[Labour Party]] politician. He was educated at Winchester School and the University of London before becoming a barrister. He was knighted in 1930. He was Labour MP for East Bristol 1931-1950 and for South East Bristol in 1950. He was Solicitor-General 1930-1931, British Ambassador to the USSR, 1940-1942, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons, 1942, Minister of Aircraft Production 1942-1945, President of the Board of Trade 1945-1947, Minister for Economic Affairs 1947, and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.79.</ref>

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	Sir Richard [[Stafford Cripps]] (1889-1952) was a [[Labour Party]] politician. He was educated at Winchester School and the University of London before becoming a barrister. He was knighted in 1930. He was Labour MP for East Bristol 1931-1950 and for South East Bristol in 1950. He was Solicitor-General 1930-1931, British Ambassador to the USSR, 1940-1942, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons, 1942, Minister of Aircraft Production 1942-1945, President of the Board of Trade 1945-1947, Minister for Economic Affairs 1947, and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.79.</ref>		Sir Richard [[Stafford Cripps]] (1889-1952) was a [[Labour Party]] politician. He was educated at Winchester School and the University of London before becoming a barrister. He was knighted in 1930. He was Labour MP for East Bristol 1931-1950 and for South East Bristol in 1950. He was Solicitor-General 1930-1931, British Ambassador to the USSR, 1940-1942, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons, 1942, Minister of Aircraft Production 1942-1945, President of the Board of Trade 1945-1947, Minister for Economic Affairs 1947, and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.79.</ref>

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	Sir Richard [[Stafford Cripps]] (1889-1952) was a [[Labour Party]] politician. He was educated at Winchester School and the University of London before becoming a barrister. He was knighted in 1930. He was Labour MP for East Bristol 1931-1950 and for South East Bristol in 1950. He was Solicitor-General 1930-1931, British Ambassador to the USSR, 1940-1942, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons, 1942, Minister of Aircraft Production 1942-1945, President of the Board of Trade 1945-1947, Minister for Economic Affairs 1947, and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.79.</ref>		Sir Richard [[Stafford Cripps]] (1889-1952) was a [[Labour Party]] politician. He was educated at Winchester School and the University of London before becoming a barrister. He was knighted in 1930. He was Labour MP for East Bristol 1931-1950 and for South East Bristol in 1950. He was Solicitor-General 1930-1931, British Ambassador to the USSR, 1940-1942, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons, 1942, Minister of Aircraft Production 1942-1945, President of the Board of Trade 1945-1947, Minister for Economic Affairs 1947, and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.79.</ref>
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		+	==President of the Board of Trade==
		+	Cripps was a strong influence on [[Harold Wilson]] who served under him at the Board of Trade. This may have contributed to the [[Security Service]]'s interest in Wilson as [[Roger Hollis]], then head of Communist Affairs at [[MI5]] regarded Cripps as a communist sympathiser.<ref>Stephen Dorril and Robin Ramsay, ''Smear: Wilson and the Secret State'', Fourth Estate Limited, 1991, p.4.</ref> Sir [[Kenneth Berril]] would also come under MI5 suspicion because of his role on Cripps' staff at about this time.<ref>Stephen Dorril and Robin Ramsay, ''Smear: Wilson and the Secret State'', Fourth Estate Limited, 1991, p.300.</ref>
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		+	Cripps particularly angered the security establishment by approving the sale of Rolls Royce jet engines to the Soviet Union, although the particular engines involved were obsolete.<ref>Stephen Dorril and Robin Ramsay, ''Smear: Wilson and the Secret State'', Fourth Estate Limited, 1991, p.7.</ref>
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		+	==External Resources==
		+	*Namebase [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Cripps%2C+Stafford CRIPPS STAFFORD]

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