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Beaton/A/A1/233/5
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- 21 Mar. 1955 (Creation)
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2p paper
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The enclosed obituary will make Beaton feel sad. Thought Beaton would like to be informed. Discusses his troubles with the State Department. If they don't give him a passport, he has the right to appeal. Thinks the affair will drag on for months. Does not want to pull an indignant act in case they find out that he did actually attend meetings in 1943, though he was never a card-carrying member. Has decided to drop his half finished novel as he did not like the method and thought the writing was too introspective. Has started another novel and has finished the first chapter. Discusses plays and books. Cole Porter's new musical is a hit. Gives news of John and Sandy. Lys is an associate editor at Doubleday. Enid Starkey has a new biography out about Petrus Borel.