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approval. Bang went two votes. And there were hundreds of thousands like them). Having made that fatal blunder, the only way to rectify it was to match strength with greater strength. And the only way that could be done was to ally with Russia. And Russia wanted it. And we sent a Mission - consisting of Admiral Sir Erale - Cole - Erale - Cole etc etc Drax - & some Army man who is a cousin of Brouley Davenports. And the mission failed, as it was bound to fail. And I firmly believe that the one main reason for our not coming to an agreement with Russia at the time - apart from money & vested interests - was snobbishness. That & nothing else. And today, these same people, following Churchill will shout & applaud & would gladly lick Stalin's arse. Not because they approve of Stalin - how could they? He doesn't even possess a dinner jacket or a white tie & he probably says what he things & farts when he feels like it. But this Nazi war machine is getting a bit too near & my great grandmother was a Jewess". The conservative politicians & the people who voted them in have a great
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deal to answer for.
And you remember when Russia attacked Finland - & annexed the Baltic States. And we very nearly sent an Expeditionary Force? Subsequent events have proved that even in those days Russia was preparing to resist Hitler. I forget just where I was in those days - but I know that I defended Russia's actions long before she was attacked by Germany. And Chamberlain & his surrounding fools, who had access to all the information - were going to help Finalnd to resist Russia, who was preparing to resist Germany, with whom we were at war. Its ghastly isn't it?
Friday Nov. 14th Col Leicester came for dinner last night & so I was unable to continue my discourse. I hope it makes some sense to you - I am still very much in the middle of it all - if so far. I will go on later.
We had a very good dinner, the Col ate enormously for a small man, & chatted busily all evening. I think enjoyed himself. There was one high light of the evening which was quite funny. He was due at 7.30, at 8.0 he had not arrived & so I phoned the guard room about 1/2 mile away & asked them if the Area Commander had come in. As they said 'no', I rang the bell & ordered dinner to carry on - thinking he had forgotten to turn up. We had all taken salt & pepper & started the soup, when the phone went to say that the A.C. had just came in.
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Without a moments hesitation. I picked up my soup - dashed it back into the bowl & everybody followed suit - I rang the bell, the whole lot was removed, soup bowl, dirty plates & all - & we were all sitting quietly having a cigarette when the A.C. arrived, apologising profusely for being so late. It all happened so quickly & it was really very funny.
I had your p.c. of Oct 15th yesterday & I was very pleased & relieved to hear that you have decided that you cannot do a full time job. I do hope you will find something to make you busy & useful enough to satisfy your conscience & make you feel that you are helping to speed on the end of the war & that it will be reasonably interesting work. I don't even know yet, of course, if you have moved to Beaconsfield. You said you had a room with Teddy Tibbles - but it sounded v. small & rather miserable. You also said - on Oct. 15th, that Max was 5 months old "today", what came over you darling?
I have been sitting here for some time, wondering how & where to continue my discourse. It is very difficult - there are so many things, so vastly many. But I must go on somewhere - so let us take Germany & what is to be done with the country. It is really tremendous problem. Look what Germany has done to the people of France & Poland & all the rest of them. There must be a vast number of people working for personal revenge.
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counting the days for it. But obviously the revenge cannot be allowed to be a personal affair, & must be controlled by Governments. Revenge there will have to be - but God knows what the method is. It is all very well talking about Hitler & his gang, but his gang is an enormous one & the German people must take responsibility for what has been & is being done. I, personally, do not like the German people - I think they are dull & uninteresting & bad mannered & mean & cruel & their attitude towards women is revolting. And I never knew the Prussians who are so much worse. And yet the average Englishman rather likes the German & they will nearly always, confess to admiring them. And this outlook is often expressed in comparison with, & at the expense of, the French. The Germans are always supposed to be so much more respectable & "like us" than the French.
I think that after as much punishment as possible has been meted out to as many of the guilty ones as possible, we shall have to nurse Germany. It is obviously useless to merely impose harsh terms & then gradually relax them until she is strong enough again to abrogate the balance & begin another war. She will have to be controlled in education of the children, the way in which they teach history & so on - in their films
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& plays & by mass education for the people on the right lines. There will have to be a great deal of supervision & intervention from us - & that is where difficulty lies. Have we enough people - men & women - of the right mind & ideas & with enough personality & drive & who are willing to go. I do not think we have. So many of our people will just settle down & become friendly & kind to them - the more important ones in a condescending & snobbish way - & they will think that they are doing very well, whereas they are doing no good at all & making themselves secretly disliked. It is a vastly complicated affair, darling - & trying to put one's thoughts & ideas down on paper makes it no safer - in fact it is a very acid test of one's own clarity of thinking. But firstly Germany will be occupied by the Army & possibly the R.A.F.
Russia will have a hand in this too, which, on the face of it, appears to complicate matters but may possibly be a big help. The Military will be policing the country - this will make for punishment & security. But that will not bring a settlement any nearer, nor will it be constructive towards preventing & recurrence of the German warlike mind.
