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Scone REL ape thee ees unhappy country? oe a: of : T am now recording tor the third tine becaus I a think the story is of interest; my interview with Mr, -: _. WINSTON CHURCHILL in September, 1938. This story aros in the following manner’ - I was at the time vorking in the: BBC and I hea” end met Mr. CHURCHILL before dining with VENETIA MONTAGUE (PH),* and he had been most friendly. I was extremely upset by. the ‘events of Munich Week and in fact I ultimately resigned from BBC in order to try to join up as @ result of thom : and as a result of his conversation which you are now going . to hear, . oe , - Anyhow, I rang Mr. CHURCHILL up and said, -Moowla rs, come down?" He said, "Yes, by all means", and I had a Ford. V-8 which I was very fond of at the time and I drove down to Westrum to see Mr. CHURCHILL, and arrived, I think, at about 11 o'clock in the morning. The door was opened by. ~ the butler and I saw Mr. CHURCHILL sitting in his study by <7 "* himself immediately afterwards, and I said to Mr. CHURCHILE: ” - It is very kind of you to seo mo. I simply do not know what I ought to do and before doing anything I would like to have your views. Well, of course, they are mown fairly generally. Personally, I said, I am in some spot and Mr. CHURCHILL said, first thing, and my best answer . will be to show you and aliow you to read a letter. It is in English and I have it in my pooket, It is “from Herr BEWES, and out of the left hand vest pocket of the ma boiler suit that he was wearing, it was before the days of age the siren suit, he produced a letter from Prague signed by EDWARD BENES which ran, in my recollection, roughly speaking, as follows: ao Ae re cee “ My I Dear Mrs CHURCHILL: ~ ceeds ew a wn ty teen ‘We have met though perhaps you do not renenber. eps : I am wri ting to you to ask you for your advise and for your Assistance. What can I do and can you help m about ny I read that letter and Mr. CHURCHILL Looked at =m and said: