DLA016-0169  Transcription

Herr Tilin [sic] Korda,

Hungarian-English Press & Art Agency,

37, Princess Square,

BAYSWATER, W.2.

11th June, 1925.

Dear Sir,

I am desired by Mr. de Laszlo to let you know that he has received your letter,^[1] and he would be glad if you could find time to call here, to-morrow afternoon about 5.45. This is the only time he has free as on Saturday Mr. de Laszlo is leaving for Paris and Budapest, for a short visit and he will be returning to London at the end of this month.

Yours faithfully,

Secretary.

Editorial Notes:

Tibor Korda (d. 1940), Hungarian journalist based in London. Korda founded The Cosmopolitan News Agency in London in 1929 and later created News Review, a weekly current affairs publication, which proclaimed itself “Britain's First Weekly News-Magazine”. For examples of Korda’s writings in the de László Archive, see DLA107-0145, Tibor Korda,“A Painter of Kings, Diplomats and Statesmen: the souvenirs of Mr Philip A. de László who sojourned in Portugal and Spain for several weeks”, Excelsior, 16 July 1927; and DLA110-0075, Tibor Korda, “Philip de László Arrives to Gödöllő on Friday to Paint the Portrait of Regent Miklós Horthy For the Museum of Fine Arts”, Ujság, 20 September 1927. Korda was killed by enemy action in October 1940.

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06/01/2018