Beposted Russia31 ultfarafua t o Sstonia, whose Foreign

Ninistex fs suruleng between the two capitals, "A naval bass

and control of col~lsroe*, 88~y the gapers, CertainXy true,

f should say,

Balre just tblem8phsd Dorothy Wary that she has paesed

the Cambridge 5choal CsrZifictate ewmiaatPon. She fa i led only

in Ilatgn which is nserigd for har'Dublfn Uoiversity entrance

8nd in that subject she t r i e d Lo do two yearst work in s i x

mon%hs. Very eo t i s f s l~ tory~ She g o t Hcreditstg fn bgl i sh

literature, BfZathsarertfcs, V e ~ y good in Frenah* mi t ten and

ararl, and Ceman written and oral. wra~sn only on &gPisb

language and British guroyean fIi3i~tory.

3 think she can the Latin and enter TrSnity in January,

30th S%P~=&X, 1952

Yesterday twa hportand events, Soviet nakes Sstonia a

vasasl by a "mutual assf s2aneert pact, gees mmf. bases and

aeror3somes at south o f G u l f of Finlaand - o great strategfaal

ohange Sn the Baltic - aad a bind of bjqaraatee - us threat - t o

Latvia, The latter seems t o be a warning to Gemany 'tffeLnt?lzs

o f f LatvSa**.

Hew demarcation o f frontters in Ruseians retire t o

w b t ~ e e m s more OX 19238 ethnological line, (very clever,)

Denand for persoa in the west Joint ly rnsde by Stalin snd

Hibbentroy rtnd agreement fn prSnciple on extsnoive trade

axczBatnge~. Hothing announced about the Balkaas,

The Bussian undertakings are vesgue and their value t o

Germany depend8 entirely on subsequent inter;;lretstion, but the

jtiZuserian gaiaa are reel and ~~bstazatial,

-"- .CI-IIII

"When thou h86;~re~t the fool seJoic%ng, he saidr "It i r s over an4 past*

uAad the =on& was better than right, *And lavre turn8 $0 hate a t the last,

we atrove for nothing at al l , "BnB the gods ere Fallen asl.eep,. . . ( I

"Then loosen thy sword in the scabbarti *'And settle thy bePs OB Sby headj "For raen betrayed axe mighty

&reat are the mongfully dead."

O C T O W 1932

l a t Oatobsr, 1939

Four weeksn war, We all fee l it hasn't begun in the weat,

Yalrand wfped out - ~ea11y in the first two weeks - by incoaparablpt

Gerwaa strategy and ovetslohelming f o ~ c e , Fiaraaw swrrstnrjlerefi a

f e w &ys ago and t o b y Hela put u$ the white Slag,

The defence of %assaw a week after the debacle oras nore than

useless bravery; it was yolitisally nscesrsary t o efve the i3012erhi

nation aourssge and yride for the future resurre~tion.