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these 20d that was that. “ I went to see him in the hospita mh every day. They stopped him id drinking, and pumped him full of isive Vitamins. They tried to stop him “hag Smoking, but he said: ‘I'll do any- finda thing in the world for you, bul i" g rnot that.’ The Russians very much rudg,. Wanted to keep him alive, He was ccrer Presumably still valuable to them, ‘stical; OF it mayfhave been their way of , paying tr@fute to the long services he had rqfidered them. They kept that him thereffor over a month, taking d to: 80 chances, yselg*’ On the morning after May Day, . first’ When Kim was waiting to go to some; the clinic, Sergei and two other Soviet officials came to his bedside % to inform him that he had been ~the Order of the Red Banner. As usual, { was not allowed in the ; room,- but after they had left I “Wcitement. T would have loved to | see the decoration, but they decided ¥Tto delay the formal ceremony until Hime with deep pride that it was L yon a good deal more to him » Ythan his OBE or his medal from larly proud to have. One afternoon, with Kim by this time out of danger, I went to see awarded a high Soviet decoration i found Kim in a high state of ex- §| he came out of bospital. He said to {] Franco, which he was not particu- cy SHE KNITWEAR HOUSE lucky bregk ee Bossible ‘ucky break. Au revoir, darting, Your sincerely devoted Kim. * 8 6 Kim and J still exchange letters, but these days usually through my lawyer, He has no doubt done some wicked things in his life, but I am Not very concerned with questions of Patriotism or treason. 1 do not see that it is up to me, his wife, to praise or blame him for his politics. T remember him as a tender, intelligent and sentimental hus- band. J am sure that he must still have some of these qualities, even though 1 am no longer there to enjoy them. He betrayed many people, me among them. But men are not always masters of their fate. Kim had the guts, or the weakness, to stand by a decision made 30 years ago, whatever the cost to those who loved him most, and to whom he, too. was deeply attached. He does not like pop music, but a while ago I sent him a Beatles record—* Help!" I thought it was appropriate; but } am not sure whether it best describes his situ- ation—or mine. ight Eleanor Philby/ Patrick © Coprrighs ee i907! ah @ Cen Ewws Marconi alone _ accounts for 1% of the United Kingdom's grc national investment i! Research & Developm This represents 20% « the totalR &D expenditure by the Br electronics industry. @ Such consistent, large-scale investmer fensures not only Marconi’s own surviv. but also that of Britair in the international market-place of advanced electronic technology. THE QUEEN'S AWARD TO INOUSTRY 1966 1967 The Marconi Company Limited AN ‘ENGLISH ELECTRIC’ COMPANY Marconi House, Chelmsford, Essex, England