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6.6.42

The Molotov rumour still persists. He was here to negotiate the treaty, and has gone back, so it is said. No hint of this in any newspaper, however. There is said to be much disagreement on the staff of the … Continue reading

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23.6.41

Churchill’s speech in my opinion very good. It will not please the Left, but they forget that he has to speak to the whole world, e.g. to middle-western Americans, airmen and naval officers, disgruntled shop-keepers and farmers, and also the … Continue reading

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26.1.41

Allocation of space in this week’s New Statesman: Fall of Tobruk (with 20,000 prisoners) – 2 lines. Suppression of the Daily Worker and the Week[1] – 108 lines. . . . . All thinking people uneasy about the lull at … Continue reading

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27.9.40

The News-Chronicle to-day is markedly defeatist, as well it may be after yesterday’s news about Dakar[1]. But I have a feeling that the News-Chronicle is bound to become defeatist anyway and will be promptly to the fore when plausible peace … Continue reading

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20.6.40

Went to the office of the [New Statesman][1] to see what line they are taking about home defence. C.[2], who is now in reality the big noise there, was rather against the “arm the people” line and said that its … Continue reading

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