BR TO KATHARINE TAIT, 15 MAY 1945
BRACERS 52600. ALS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell

15 May 1945

Dear Kate

Thank you for your very good and very interesting letter. I am glad to know what the Dr. does and how you feel about it. I think it is the regular rule with such men to make themselves colourless and merely receptive, so as to get a view of the patient as little as possible distorted by the Dr’s personality. I am sure merely talking to him does you good. I shouldn’t wonder if there were more than you think in his suggestions re John; you know what tricks the unconscious can play.

I agree very strongly with your reflections on Germany, and I am glad you have come to think people not quite so vile as they used to seem to you.

I think hatred of Germany will give way to hatred of Russia. Conflict with Russia grows more and more imminent. But it is painful to think that the way to cure one irrational hate is to substitute another.

I wish you could get a job in Germany. Much love, dear Kate.

Yrs aff
Diddy