In spite of Halifax’s promise to ‘take measures’, which was given to me on 11 October, I was surprised to find among the newspapers of 13 October an account of a new speech made by Winterton, in which he repeated his initial false statement in an even sharper form. This enraged me. I immediately sent a second statement to the press, very scathing and biting, where I publicly denounced the ‘noble Lord’ as a liar. I also wrote a letter to Halifax, asking him what all this meant. Two hours later I received Halifax’s reply by special delivery. He expressed a belief that his letter to Winterton, which he had forwarded promptly after our talk on 11 October, did not reach the addressee in time; but now he would speak to his colleague personally and he was sure that from now on everything would be all right.