You have no right whatever to speak on behalf of the Government. Foreign affairs are in the capable hands of Ernest Bevin. His task is quite sufficiently difficult without the irresponsible statements of the kind you are making... I can assure you there is widespread resentment in the Party at your activities and a period of silence on your part would be welcome.

David Butler and Gareth Butler, "Twentieth Century British Political Facts" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), p. 289.