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Wheatley has incorrectly dated this letter 3rd Jan 1945, when it should read 3rd. Jan 1946.  The recipient of this letter is the same as on the next page, L Loder Downing.  He would always paste the letter by a corner into the book to which it referred, which is why they have survived. This letter is particularly interesting as in it Wheatley refers to his war work.

3rd. Jan 1945

Dear Mr. Downing, My apologies for not answering your letter of Dec before this but I was trying to complete some special work before Christmas and since, the holiday has intervened. It was very nice to hear from you again and to learn that you have come safely through.  I can well imagine that two consulates to look after in war time kept you up to your eyes in work. I was in London all through the war but was very lucky to be given an intensely interesting job in the very heart of the war machine and was, I think, the only civilian ever commissioned for the (illegible) purpose of taking up an appointment on the Joint Planning Staff. It was very exacting work but very thrilling and a remarkable experience.  However, like all other civilians at heart I was thoroughly glad to get my release and have a chance after four years to get back to my own job. We moved to the country last summer and have since been fighting a private war against dirt, decay and weeds, to get this lovely old Georgian house really habitable again.  It has been a great fight but we are now well on the way to victory. Of course I will sign the book for you if you care to send it. Please convey my rememberances and best wishes to your wife and daughter, and to you all the best of good things for 1946. Yours very sincerely Dennis Wheatley

 

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