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by the time you get this the Press may be in full swing
and the government may have intervened. The harm that
is being done - in spite of the little that the people knows -
is tremendous. The subversive elements are being given
a splendid opportunity, and this state of affairs cannot be
allowed to continue.

It is all very tragic - and at the moment
it is difficult to see the way out. The repercussions,
too, are incalculable. A year ago would one have thought
such degradatio of the British Throne possible?

Again, I am most grateful for your helpful
letter, which is just what I wanted.

Yrs sincerely

Alexander Hardinge