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
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Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of Sir William Empson and Hetta, Lady Empson