Source 6

Letter from the Office of High Commisioner for the UK, Ottawa, Canada to the Director General of C.O.R.B., London, Septenmber 23rd, 1940 (DO 131/45)

Transcript

Sir, I have the honour to report that on my recent visit to Halifax to meet the D11 and D12 I asked permission of the Director of Child Welfare to visit some of our C.O.R.B children in their Canadian foster-homes.  Mr Blois readily agreed to my proposal and instructed his assistant, Mr McKinnon, to accompany me.  I asked that the homes should be chosen at random and not especially selected from the “top drawer”.

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6. Read Source 6. Letter from the Office of High Commissioner for the UK, Ottawa, Canada to the Director General of C.O.R.B.

  • What does the author of the letter mean by the words ‘top drawer’?
  • Why do you think the author asked that the homes should not be especially selected from the ‘top drawer’?