From the Duchy of Lancaster Office (25 January 1924)

Dear Dr. Polanyi,

Many thanks for your letter. I hope that we shall keep closely in touch with the Middle East, but I doubt whether the Labour Government will set up any information service outside the normal channels which are within the competence of the Government to use and supplement.

Yours sincerely,

{John Carsfwood}

Dr. Karl Polanyi
Wien VII,
Westbahnstrasse 27/71.
Vienna.