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6. become fitted for whatever may lie ahead. In point of fact whether they agree with me or not see my points are [or?] not, does not make the slightest difference, because they still have to do & do do just what I say. But I prefer people to understand, if it is at all possible to make them do so. I understand from Ben-Arzi, who is my Intelligence Officer, both officially & unofficially, that my various talks have gone over very well & have made the men think & begin to understand & I hope this is so. This weekend is the Jewish New Year, & this morning I had a Company parade. After an inspection & lots of drill & marching past - I formed the Coy up in 3 sides of a square, & delivered another speech - wishing them a happy, prosperous, & victorious New Year, & outlining once again what we are fighting for. I managed to refrain from referring to Hitler as "that evil man" or "that wild beast" - but it was quite a histrionic effort. I do believe that it is a good thing to talk to the men, otherwise the C.O. is such a man apart & quite unknown & if not misunderstood, at least not understood. All this is certainly excellent practice for me if ever I do take a plunge into local politics or politics themselves. But I find the weakest part of these Coys, & in other words the Jews (I do not mention