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an extremely pleasant & interesting man, speaks very
lively English - & he is entirely free of airs or self
importance, which is very pleasant, considering his
position which is akin to a foreign secretary.
I was invited, I suppose, as the CO of a Jewish
unit - & also I think they want to convert as many
Englishmen as possible to Zionism, which you must
understand, has nothing at all to do with being
a Jew. Lord Balfour & Lloyd George, for example,
was & is, ardent Zionists. (grammatically, that sounds
awful - but its too late now & I saw it coming &
could not avoid it.)
I have just this minute heard Churchill's speech
on the wireless, following our loss of Singapore.
It was a marvellous speech. But this & our lack of
progress in the W.I. & the German battle cruisers
getting home through the channel, is quite a
lot to have to stomach all at once. But I
still feel very confident - America has [still ?] to play
her part - Russia is doing magnificiently - & we are
at last getting onto concentrated lines of action, instead
of being so strung out, this should lead to initiative
from our side.
Just one thing, in case I am posted home darling-
I should carry with me a letter saying why, &
so I am certain there could be [no underlined] chance
of my being whisked off somewhere else as soon
as I arrived - or even at all. And now to
bed - to pray & hope & think of you & Maxie.
All of my everlasting love as always, Your own Harry XXXX