BR tells Meynell that he's mistaken that BR's attitude lately is due to Davies, and it was his own decision to not see Meynell if the meeting was to be about negotiating and bargaining. He tells Meynell he is willing to hear what he has to say, so long as BR does not have to answer it. BR asks Meynell not to criticize Davies. "I am a little surprised by the vehemence of your intervention, and still more so by the fact that you have not thought it necessary first to master the legal possibilities."

Of Davies: "He is my oldest and dearest friend; we have been intimate for 44 years, and there is no one whom I trust more completely."

The second sheet is document .133733.