Neville begins friendship with his future publisher

Date (happened)
1945
certain
  1. 1945 conclusion
    Why dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
    Reasoning 1 claim, no conflict: 1945 (passage:533338).
  2. 1945 stated · preferred
    Source Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Us ¶4passage 533338 (lecture nid 1213), 'a friend of mine, who's been my friend since 1945 in this cycle'
    Why No month or day given, only the year.
    Reasoning Neville states plainly and in the first person that the friendship began in 1945; this is the happening date the title asks about, separate from the 1952 start of the business/publishing relationship mentioned in the same passage.
Persons
Told / reported
  1. 22 June 1965 conclusion
    Why dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
    Reasoning 1 claim, no conflict: 1965-06-22 (node:1213).
  2. 22 June 1965 estimated
    Source Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Usdelivery claims on lecture nid 1213 (catalog #287, plus independent chrome dateline '6/22/65')
    Reasoning The passage recounting the friendship's beginning was told during this lecture; its delivery date is corroborated independently by both the catalog entry and a site chrome dateline, so the derived telling date can stand at the same certain level as the delivery claim it rests on.