BR TO GEORGE ORWELL, 18 JAN. 1946
BRACERS 54269. TLS(X). U. of London, Orwell Archives
Proofread by K. Blackwell

Grosvenor Lodge, Babraham Road,
CAMBRIDGE.
18th January, 1946.

George Orwell, Esq.,
27B, Canonbury Square,
Islington,
London, N.1.

Dear Mr. Orwell,

Thank you for your letter; I should like very much to meet you, both because of the matter you write about and because I have very much enjoyed your writing. I cannot manage a luncheon date in London in the very near future, and the first favourable date for me is Tuesday, February 12th. If that suits you would you suggest a meeting place? It would have to be not earliera than 1.15.

For my part, I think Koestler is perhaps a little premature, and that what is wanted at the moment is that a small group of us, who have a generally similar outlook, should meet to discuss the possible programme for the world, so that before approaching a wider circle we should know more or less what to advocate.

Yours sincerely,
<signed> Bertrand Russell

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