'Statement on "Nineteen Eighty-Four"' A typed memo entitled 'Statement on "Nineteen Eighty-Four"', explaining George Orwell's views on whether the totalitarian society described in his novel might come to pass in real life, and how to prevent that from happening. This statement was seemingly constructed from notes that Fredric Warburg made during his visit to see Orwell at Cranham Lodge. (2ff) See ORWELL/I/7/42 for Warburg's handwritten notes from this meeting, and see ORWELL/I/7/40 for Warburg's report from this meeting. ORWELL/I/2/C is a carbon copy of this statement. Jun 1949