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Milmo studied the rules of Equity. A complaint from Beaton would not be a privileged occasion as he is not a member. Beaton would be open to a long and expensive libel action. His defence could only be a plea of justification, i.e. he would have to justify all the statements made in his complaint. Statements would have to be taken from Minster, Seale and the members of the cast. The hearing of the case would take at least a fortnight. Milmo will try to see if Equity has ever taken complaints from non members. Any complaints put forward to the Society of West End Theatre Managers by Minster, a member, would be privileged, so there is no need to change the statement.

A typewritten letter, in which Hose (who is possibly not the author) confirms that Weissberger will negotiate the terms of Beaton's contract as a designer for 'Turandot' with Rudolf Bing. Hose reminds Weissberger of the unanticipated amount of work Beaton was asked to do for 'Vanessa', and adds that he cannot be expected to supply as many technical drawings and variations of expensive models for 'Turandot'. The drawings which he produced for 'Vanessa' cost almost as much as he was paid for them. Hose mentions this so that just such another eventuality may be covered by the terms of the contract from the beginning. She concludes by writing that Beaton will probably need an assistant for his work on 'Turandot' and that he will most likely ask Bob Randolph.

A typewritten letter, regarding Beaton's arrangement to fly to the U.S. on 20th October 1954, and his desire to know the period Quintero would prefer for his set designs.

Hose writes that Beaton has never officially taken photographs of the Marquesa Casati, but that while visiting her house in South Kensington shortly before she died, he managed to take several surreptitious photographs, without the Marquesa's full consent. Hose encloses two of the snapshots with the letter. She also asks whether the negatives of a black dress from COCO may be returned to Beaton at Tallmey's convenience.

An invitation for Beaton to accompany Allene Talmey to Spain for the purpose of photographing the main characters in the film 'Nicholas and Alexandra'.

Typescript letter, concerning a financial transaction.

Following their meetings with Milmo Beaton forwarded the statement initially intended for Equity onto Minster with a covering letter dictated by Milmo. Also encloses a copy of Minster's reply.