Robert Dell to Edward Taylor Scott.
Location: Paris.
He will accept the salary as offered; he would like the M.G. to pay his telephone subscription and for his newspapers. The Lausanne Conference should take place around 20 June. He explains that he might be able to start at Geneva in July, but does not want to pay two lots of rent. If Werth is unavailable, he cannot think of anyone else; he comments on the other journalists: Middleton is too keen on French policy; Philip Carr has other commitments, including the Observer and the New York Times, and is unlikely to deputise for 28s a day. He asks about payment for Werth. Hamilton took on Middleton as a substitute as a last resort. He does not want to consider employing anyone not considered to be good enough for The Times.
Eric Siepmann visited him in London; he dined with him and his eldest brother, who works in the Bank of England. He met their parents at Godalming. Siepmann liked the office, but disliked living in Manchester. He expands on Siepmann's situation. He adds a handwritten postscript about Basil Murray [?] and Peter Rodd [?] trying to prevent E.S. from sending 'crazy telegrams'.