[Stamford House, Chipping Campden]

T. S.Eliot

EmilyHale

MS

[Blank sheet]

Thursday 6.15 p.m.

[postmarked 31 Aug. 1939]

Dear,

I sent off $50 to you by registered post at 3 p.m.

IfSecond World Warevacuation imminent;a8 the children are evacuated tomorrow, it may be that ordinary passengers will not be taken. In that case, I shall try again on Sat. I shall make every effort.

I think this state of affairs may go on for a long time yet. Meanwhile, my dear, I wish I could shoulder all your responsibilities.

Lovingly

T.

Second World War, the prospect of,

09/03/36;

F&F plans in the event of,

27/09/38;

Britain's preparations for,

21/10/38;

prognostications as to its outbreak,

and The Family Reunion,

17/03/39,

31/03/39;

and the policy of appeasement,

31/03/39;

and transatlantic tourism,

12/05/39;

evacuation imminent,

31/08/39;

TSE discusses its outbreak with Dutchman,

04/09/39;

TSE refrains from commenting on,

TSE's thoughts on,

its effect on TSE,

the 'Winter War',

the 'Phoney War',

Molotov–Ribbentrop pact,

rationing,

evacuation,

seems continuous with First World War,

31/03/40;

invasion of Poland,

06/04/40;

invasion of Denmark and Norway,

12/04/40;

Chamberlain's resignation,

24/05/40;

Italy's declaration of war,

Dunkirk,

The Blitz,

Battle of Cape Matapan,

01/04/41;

Operation Barbarossa,

Greece enters war,

Pearl Harbor,

the Pacific War,

Libyan campaign,

North African campaign,

and TSE's decision to remain in England,

18/08/42;

in relation to the First,

30/11/42;

prospect of its end unsettles,

09/02/43,

31/05/43;

and returning to London,

19/07/43;

bombing of German cities,

02/08/43,

06/09/43,

27/11/43;

its effect on TSE's work,

13/09/43,

16/10/43;

prognostications as to its end,

the Little Blitz,

Operation Overlord,

V-1 Cruise Missile strikes,

Operation Market Garden,

24/09/44;

and continental privations,

23/10/44;

and post-war European prospects,

The Battle of the Bulge,

02/01/45;

possibility of post-war pandemic,

V-2 Bombs,

concentration camps,

Germany's surrender,

VE Day,

and post-war Anglo-American relations,

VJ Day,

atomic bomb,

its long-term economic consequences,

15/12/46;