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3rd June 1954.
Dear Miss Freud, Mrs. Klein:
This letter follows on the remark that I made somewhat clumsily at the meeting on Monday when yourself, Mrs. Klein and Dr. Payne attended a Council meeting by invitation. I am writing because I feel rather strongly on the matter that I raised. I want to draw attention to the effect of the official grouping. I am thinking of the health of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and trying to look into the future.
My suggestion is that it is not only true to say that the A and B groupings were essential 10 years ago and that the adoption of these groupings saved the Society from splitting, but that it is also true that at the present time the reason for this arrangement has ceased, that is to say, there is no danger whatever of the expulsion of those who follow Miss Freud. Neither is it true that either group is likely to walk out; the Society has now settled down like