In his London Letter on 17 April 1944 for Partisan Review, Orwell wrote that it was "now next door to impossible to get anything overtly anti-Russian printed.
ɪn hɪz lˈʌndən lˈɛɾɚɹ ˌɔn sˈɛvəntˌiːn ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ fɔːɹ pˈɑːɹɾɪsən ɹᵻvjˈuː, ˈɔːɹwɛl ɹˈoʊt ðˌɐɾɪt wʌz "nˈaʊ nˈɛkst dˈoːɹ tʊ ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl tə ɡɛt ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ oʊvˈɜːtli ˈæntaɪɹˈʌʃən pɹˈɪntᵻd.