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Written in four parts from Vienna, from the train, Budapest, and the train to Belgrade. Telling Herbert about the hotel, buildings, people and food in Vienna, and that he [and Bob Dixon] had walked to the Danube and been to an opera; about the hotel, visiting the city, and trouble getting a Bulgarian visa for Bob Dixon in Budapest; mentioning that the manager of the hotel in Vienna told John that a Mrs Pendlebury used to stay there, and that his suitcase had broken but then was mended at the hotel in Pest; telling Herbert that they were having a “pro Ally” conversation with a French man and 2 Serbians in broken English on the train to Belgrade and Rothmere and Hungary [Lord Rothmere had written a newspaper article arguing that Hungary should regain territory lost at the end of the First World War]; and telling Herbert that he had been arrested by Serbian police for trying to stay in Belgrade on a transit visa but had been helped by a Serbian he met on the train. |
