Photocopy. TL. Hetta [Empson], at 11 Tung Kao Fang, Peking [Beijing], to William [Empson]
- Reference No:
- U DEN/6/12
- Dates:
- 23 Aug 1950
- Description:
- Her fury at William not writing; panic in America about the possibility of shipping services to China being stopped; his re-entry permit being forwarded to Butterfield and Swire; Dudley Cleland; the start of the University term; him not being able to travel overland; a Danish shipping line called Jardine; Irene [Vincent]; a swimming gala at the Club; family news; the devaluation of the pound; Walter [Brown]; the invention of a story by the remaining Americans [in Peking] that Kim Ir Sen was dead and that a Russian fake had replaced him; the collapse of the roof at No. 3; David [Kidd] and Amy [Kidd] staying with Hetta; John Blofeld; and the possible complications with William returning to Tientsin
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Papers of Sir William Empson and Hetta, Lady Empson
