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==Back into government== Churchill regained power in 1951, and in addition to being Prime Minister he took the office of Secretary of State for Defence. He immediately asked for William Haley to second Jacob from the BBC to reprise his advisory role, this time under the title of Chief Staff Officer. After a single visit to the [[United States|United States of America]] and [[Canada]], Churchill realised that the Defence portfolio was relatively dull during peacetime; he left the post and appointed [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Field Marshal the Earl Alexander]] as his replacement. Jacob was less comfortable working for Alexander than for Churchill, but a new opportunity arose for him in June 1952, when Haley announced he was to leave the BBC to become editor of ''[[The Times]]''.
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