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4.

I am now receiving Christmas cards - it really is
disappointing L/Cpl Chilz came running to me with
beams all over his face & says "Personal letter for you,
Sir" - this is what it is. So far, I have had
them from Frost, Dora & Gladys & Kitty. Also a
long seven page letter from Kitty- she is the older
one, you remember; quite interesting & full of news
about people at the works. I think I will put these
works letters in an envelope & send them off to you by
sea mail - then you will know most of what is going
on there, & also see the kind things they say to me.

The news has broken today of Japan's attacks on us &
the U.S.A. They are a dirty lot of yellow bastards.
There is very little news so far - it is terribly
difficult to tell what affect this is going to
have on the courses & duration of the war. Even
though America does now come in, it seems to me
that it will now be generally more difficult &
long drawn out. That is now practically the whole
world in it - what a shocking mess & turmoil.

I am in a terrible mood for letter writing, my
darling, & everything seems unreal & [?]. I
have heard nothing of you for so long - the
other thing is that I am now counting every day
on a reply from HQ about my appicaiton. I find
myself quite unable to think of anything else at all,
& it makes it seem so pointless my writing
about all my silly little affairs. Soon, I really
suppose, I shall receive the sickening