Halifax invited Agniya and me to lunch. We first received a luncheon invitation from him on the eve of our departure for the USSR in mid-May and, if I am not mistaken, it was scheduled to take place on 24 May. That time we declined. Now the lunch has taken place. Apart from the hosts, there were Inskip, De La Warr and Butler with their wives. The food was good and homely. Nothing serious was discussed. After lunch, Inskip had me in hysterics with his sudden complaints about his inability to grasp military terminology: ‘What is a division? There is a peace-time division and a wartime division, a continental division, an imperial division, a stationed division and a territorial division, and in every division there is a different number of men. Sometimes, the difference is as much as 50 or 60%! Or take air squadrons. How many planes are there in a squadron? Nine? Twelve? Fifteen? You can never tell. Or the navy. How many vessels are there in a flotilla? I’m completely lost in all these terms. Why can’t the military make its terms more simple and specific?’