BR "is to start for the [television] studio (or a car will call for him) at a little before ten o'clock Monday morning and every morning through the following Saturday. He is to be allowed to come home for lunch and then is to return to the studio every afternoon."

"Unluckily his throat has been very bad for the past week and he has had to live on milk soup and soufflés."

"He has been having for lunch and dinner milk soup made of lentils or peas or potatoes or mixed vegetables—all of them strained. Steamed or baked lemon sole seems to go down too. He also seems to be able to swallow the following: ham or chicken (minced fine through the mincer twice) or fish or cheese soufflés; egg custard; stewed apples beaten up creamy; ground rice pudding with jelly or seedless jam sauce; ice cream with chocolate sauce; and I think he would be able to eat minced chicken or even minced lamb or ham if they were minced very fine and were not too dry. I think also he might be able to eat rice with the mince and mashed potatoes if the latter were beaten up to a creamy consistency. It is just possible that he would be able to swallow sweet breads as you do them—but I think it would be safer to try them for dinner than for lunch. Roast chicken and ham whole I fear he would not be able to manage and I do not feel sure of treacle pudding and I think the currants in spotted dog might stick and I mistrust his being able to swallow pie crust."

"It is the parlous [sic] state of the world that, I think has worried Lord Russell so that his throat does not work properly."

" ... it might be wise to get in some of those vegetable purées ... such as we used at 29 [Millbank] when Lord Russell's throat was so bad two or three springs ago."