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Polish writer, & the Polish counterpart of Tolstoy. And another
great writer is said to be Elhia [Ilya] Ehrenburg, a Russian
Jew who was thrown out by Stalin, but is now an
official Russian war correspondent.
The other enclosure with this letter is the last paragraph
of my reply to a questionnaire about "Current Affairs" &
to which all C.O.s had to reply. I told you about
these publications in a previous letter. I am quite certain
that you will agree with what I have written here. But
I expect I am only wasting my time, because the high
ups will never read it, & if they do, will say "Balsly"
& forget about it. Or perhaps I shall be watched now by
the intelligence & security people to see if I am a
subversive influence.
But I must say that the scheme is very disappointing
as it is working out. There is no sign of an attempt to
face facts, or give assurances about war repetition of
past mistakes & blunders, or to [ ?] every propaganda
or to answer or satisfy criticism from our friends &
allies. I feel tolerably certain that the idea has sprung
from the example set by the Chinese & Russians
- & that if Chiang-Kai-Shek or Stalin could see our
efforts, they would think them pretty pitiful.
Your p.c. of Feb 14th came yesterday & told me about my [B.C.& W. ?]
allowance being cut to quarter instead of half - & further
heavy blows from Gordon about the income tax. I think
it is a bit of a dirty one on the part of the Assn, as I
am the one & only manager who is serving - but they
have been fairly decent about commission & banns, & we will
be thankful for what we have had.
When you look into it, the reduction from 1/2 to 1/4,