Neville begins friendship with his future publisher
Date (happened)
1945
conclusion
Why
dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
Reasoning
1 claim, no conflict: 1945 (passage:533338).
1945
stated · preferred
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.
Told / reported
22 June 1965
conclusion
Why
dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
Reasoning
1 claim, no conflict: 1965-06-22 (node:1213).
22 June 1965
estimated
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.