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Book Review — Part 33
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think the story is of interest; my interview with Mr, 9: 92°43 a
WINSTON CHURCHILL in September, 1936. This story « arose arenas nb
in the following manner? nao vsge§
I was at the time working in the BBC and I he . sa reo
met Mr, CHURCHILL before dining with VENETIA MONTAGUE (Pa) << f a
and he had been most friendly. ZI was extremely upset by _.. Tad ee
the ‘events of Munich Week and in fact I ultimately resigned — weer
fro om Bac in ordsr to ory to join up ao & FesuLt of Thom ahs a
and as a result of his conversation which you are now # going . ihea
to hear, ; -- por Mend
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Anyhow, I rang Mr. CHURCHILL up and ‘said, -"ooua one “
come down?" He said, "Yes, by all means", and I head a Ford re Me
V-8 which I was very fond of at the time and I drove down hae.
to Wostrum to see Mr. CHURCHIEL, and arrived, I think, at | ame :
about 11 o'clock in the morning. The door was opened by. _
the butler and I saw Mr. CHURCHILL sitting in his study by- iter
himself immediately afterwards, and I said to Mr. CHURCHILL: on ia
a ees
It is very kind of you to see me. I simply do Ole eng.
not know what I ought to do and before doing anything I 20.0710
would like to have your views. Well, of course, they are. ae
known fairly generally. Personally, I eaid, I am in some 27.
spot and Mr. CHURCHILL said, first thing, and my best answer Pa
will be to show you and aliow you to read a letter, It = =",
is in English and I have it in my pocket, It is “from me e on
Herr BENES, and out of the left hand vest pocket of the ~ «~~:
boiler suit that he was wearing, it was before the days of ae
the siren suit, he produced a letter from Prague signed by — at
EDWARD BENES which ran, in my recollection, rougnly peaking, | Ae
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My Dear Mr. CHURCHILL! =. pci. teme on: Saeed siete
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‘We have met though perhaps you do not remenber. ° Fee,
T am wri ting ta You to aalk you far your advieza and far your a,
assistance. What can I do and can you help m about my lt
unheppy country? Og ee ey 2 dae
I read that letter and Mr. CHURCHILL Looked at me . ae
a er hi: nm
“Wh agr wee rs . am. . a nae rata Be . Fs ee
wou. . . . re _ eee oN
ae oo Os
and said:
tim thedges ig tyes weg p adh ae te oe Son te we git
— - towns: af rnd SET newness mpne r aia ae .: ene
. os
oe ae
pes a Se ier
; tee gy haa te ~~ . . nr oe a, se. ae ae
vee eof Eo? on Fa ogee Pe reas ee ree ee eee
Ria, soa : ia. 4 oe OT ww =A te, at LE ay aa Sopra ed ‘x
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