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Dear Woolf,

I had hoped to call on your wife on the 29th and ask her for a cup of tea. But it looks as if the report which was to have been discussed may not be out for weeks yet. I hear it is to comprise a full fledged policy, a kind of ten year programme. Rather an ambitious effort for 3 m.p.s to make after a three weeks' experience spent solely in listening to what the authorities wanted them to hear. It is 11 weeks since they

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began to write this report. Obviously these have been weeks of struggle between London and Nairobi. Easy enough to spot the winner. I vividly remember my premature rejoicing when Harcourt put his foot down in 1911. Nairobi will always win. Nothing can ever be done until a new kind of Governor is sent out.

When am I to get my 3 copies of the 2nd ed. and the 3 of the first? Soon, I hope. I do hope Ormsby Gore attacks me in the forth coming debate with violence sufficient to sell 200 copies. I fear his vituperative powers are not great.

Yours Sincerely | Norman Leys [signature]