Gollancz is "so very sorry to hear that Lady Russell is ill." He has "edged Stokes out without the slightest ill-feeling" and mentions he is trying to confirm Denis Kendall "who was in the last parliamentary deputation to Germany and, I am told, was greatly moved by what he saw." His second choice is Gerald Gardiner and then Rees-Williams. Gollancz is glad that dinner is on Saturday and not Sunday, and he doesn't think it matters much when he meets Symonds and the other speakers.