CHARLES A. RIEG ELMAN ARTHUR L.. STRASSER WALTER M. SCHWARZ GEORGE A. SPIEGEL.BERG WALTER J. F"RIED H.J. F"RANK L.ESL.IE A. JACOBSON JOHN F. FINN, JR. HERMANN E. SIMON WILLIAM I. RIEGEL.MAN LAURENCE ROSENTHAL SAM HARRIS

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RiEGELMAN,S~RASSER,SCHWARZ & SPIEGELBERG

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S. HENRY WERNER DANIEL M. BRAMS PHIL.IP B. WERSHIL LIL.LIAN S. COHEN AARON A. JANIS HOWARD D. WESTRICH ROBERT H. PREISKEL CHARLES L LEVIN

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Mr. William F. Friedman 424 No. George Mason Dr. Arlington, Va.

Dear Mr. Friedman: '

Your letter received but un:fortunately I am on the eve o:f going away :for a period o:f two weeks. I have, therefore, taken-the liberty o~-turning the matter over to Herb Maas·.

Best regards,

Sincerely,

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Mr. Va.lter I. Pried 160 Broadway · Nev York, Nev York

Dear Wa1tez.2

6 July 1949.

I aat witillg to ask that.you do us a. b1t of a favor . in the vay ot some ra.tber saple eleu·thing.

'rhe newspai)e:ra and motion piotul'ea bave been e&l"l'11ll8 ator1e·s about lli.tle~'s yacht> the Grille, which vas bougbt recently by a. JDB.n named Geol'ge .Al'ida.. Be baa brought the ship to ?few York, Where it 1a on exhibition and I .1Mg1ne there is some adlliaa1o.u cbargo vhieb goes to cb&rity.

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. . . A recent article in the magazine Science Illusta.ted, I think, carried a. picture ot the interior ot the COil• mun.1.c&tionn room ot the J&Cb.t and thel'e a.re B •chines to be aeen 1 maybe also a l'1sh. The caption iiete:Pl'ed to "a doaen cod.1.n,g ma.chizles."

Could you JIB.lee a visit and l•t ae lcnoV Ybat you 11ee oit can. discreetly find out about vha.t gadgets are et11l a.board, ot 1ntex-eat to ust ·

Wouldapp~c1At• early ~ply, 1t practicable,.

. ·I hope this torl'it1c veatb.el' 18 not too d1tf1eult ror you and J'<nW t8.Jll1ly. llben are you ccaaing this vay age.int It vould be.nice to see 7ou.

Jl&ny tbaiiks end best l'egal"da.

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Mr. Walter J. Fried Riegelman, Strasser, 'Schwarz

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.Dear 'Jalter:

424 N. George Mason Drive Arlington, Virginia 6. April 1949 .

Just a few lines to tell you that I looked up the references you cited and found co'nsiderable of interest therein. The page reference 752 in 43 Col. L. R~ apparent­ly is in error and I do not know what it should be. However, there is a rather interesting article beginning 9n page 603 in t~at volume. ·

It was awful.11' nice to see you and Mrs. Fried last Saturday night and w had ·an excellent time as your gueate. I hope that next time you come you will both be our guests. Just let me know a day or two in advance.

Sincerely youra,

5 WILLIAM F. FRIEDMAN

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T~'you very muob for your letter of 21 larch and for the citat~ons contained. therein. I will have sonebody get them for me. ; · ·

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My latest information with respect to th, date of arrival of Brigadier Tiltman is that he is due in Washington on the 29th of March •. ' When I got back to the office after our luncheon I called th'e local off ice explaining what you had in mind and the secretary of Pat Marr-Johnson said she would send a "signal" to Tiltman. I didn't hear allJ'i,hing further from her and .didn!t understand why she did not let me know the result thereof, but this aorning I found out from Marr-Johnson that Tiltman had re­ceived the message and had indicated acceptance.

~e shall look forward to joining you and Mrs. Fried for dinner on 2 April &nd think that the Tiltmans will be there too.

Sincerely yours,

WILLIAM F. FRIEDMAN

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LESLIE A. JACOBSON JOHN F. FINN, JR. HERMANN E. SIMON WILLIAM I. RIEGELMAN LAURENCE ROSENTHAL SAM HARRIS

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Mr. William F. Friedman 424 No. George Mason Drive Arlington, Va.

Dear Mr. Friedman:

March 21, 1949

You may remember that at luncheon a

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couple of weeks ago I mentioned my impression that there was a do~trine which the courts had enunciated which condemned overreaching where contracting parties are of unequal bargain­ing power. I asked one of our men here to find some author­ities on this, and he has referred me to the following:

Sxmposium op Compulsory Contrapts, 43 Col. L.R. 569, ~

., Economic Duress, 45 Mich. L.R. 253

Holden v. Har<.\.17~ 169 U. S. 366, 397

I am looking forward to seeing you the weekend after next. Don•t forget to try to get the Til:tma.n.s to join us if they are in town.

Best regards.

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.YOU;R. LETi'.ER. OF .9 SEPTEUeER •. lESTERDAl •' ·THE IULB .BOOI AaRIYED- AND .I AM VER! MUCH 'INDEBTED TO ):OU •. ·x HOPE IOU ARE

.. ·'· • KEEPING A RECORD. -OF PURCHASES P'OR ]1Y ACCOUBT. IN ·CONNECTION .wrrH THIS LAST .· WORK OF ~LE'S,· I .THI18: I TOLD·YOU ZBA~. x RAN ACROSS !1' IR oua.-nn LIElaARY

·AND HAVE 'l'HOMEJED 11HaoUGH ITS· PllGES. JCULLbACK '.i.'ELLS ME 1'HAT IT IS N:'.>'f A .. · · '.->GOOD. PIECE OF WORl ·AND I AM. RESE.Wil~ :JUJ)G.'l' Ulfi'IL. LJiTER, t'iFTER I HAVE

. . · HAD A .CHABOE; "TQ D~ IN'fO lT M;)RE CAREFULLY.;

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. Wilfl'ER .V,NTSSt I 'SAVE PLAYED !11 D~~ER AND JANUARY AROUND EERE.

. I T~-- ~~ YOI1UO~ GROUP WILL STIUi -~ VlOBKINn WHEN IOU pET BAClt~ WE SUSPENDED OPERATIO.NS J>D.alNG THE SUMMER AND I &\VE IOT IE'I'-.R~COIVENED THE GROUP,. .AI;rHdubH VIE HAVE A -CERTAIN AMOUN~ OF IbM DA'rA' NOW AVAILABLE. HEaEWITH. I ··EX'~'EID AN'IIVITATION TO YOU ·To JOIN. THE GROUP ON YOUR .RETTJRI WliIOB OUGHT IO'l" ·ro BE TQt).'FAR OFF. I DO tfOT. UNPE..JtS'rAND WHY -YOU HAVE bEEN IEPT. IN fHE. DARI -AS TO· YOUR RELIEF. 'IT SEBMS TO ME· THAT I PFRARED. FOR THE Of'.IW t S $IGNA·l'1JRE A ·COUPLE OF LE·£'.L'ER I;f WHICH SOME. MENTION OR O"IllER WAS MADE, AllD T.~ LETTERS WERE AJ>DRESSED DIRECTLY TO !OU. SMALL P..AS ·

. flEER SET UP FOR :THE JOl:l AND IS GOiliG 'I'HROUGH THE MECHANICS OF· GE'l1'ING · . ·~DY. . BOW. MUCH OF AN OVERLAP THERE WILL BE, I ·DO_ NOT KNOW. I CAN IMAGINE

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. . ·an:e · ~t · th~ things wMch we .;,111·- be wanting when ~- u get back · here-will be a more or less detailed ~eport on the·h1~ory·, j>resen~

. organization~ tr9rk~- and achievements of GC. & CS. -We do not have .. up..:.to-date data-nor has- the account ever been set dom'ln-as detailed f'orm iia·.r think we··~holild have :it. we· would like to cover

.·. · suoh items e.s the 1U.D.ner Jn :which t~e whole of ac· & -OS 111 $et ·up,· · . the d1ffer'91it".branches, the coordinating ·agen~ies, th~ ·intercept.

-. 'and direction tin.ding stations, the f'aoiliti.es tor. getting the ·. · tratt1c·Q&ck,. th~ organiiation_or 8letchley Park, "ot Berkeley Str~et,

. of Alf'ord li-.)Use, the ~ryptograpbic production: and security· organiza­... tions, key i>ersonne1, relations iritlr ministries and the Joint Chiefs . · of Staff orianizati -n,. and any othex- item~ that ou think might be .

useful 'in a detailed story~ 1fi th this end in view, I 11uggest that . ~·ou make copious notes which Qould be brought. back ·or. ·sent back.

You will probably be.unable to cover much, -1.f' anything, of' the naval s:S:de o.f'._the. f.'h~, ·but on 'the 4tter .we prqbably can get. ·materiaf rroui our la.Vi, hereJ.in f'ac~, theJ-·have a rather good-.a:ooount which was written a couple of years-ago, ,£nd which they .will pFobe.bly bring

··up to d•te. I :realize :that this is ·quite an a~•ignni.ent, but do the best you c~ in the ~pare time ;·ou can make ·av~~lable. ·

. . Aa you.mow ·a· n~Qe:r of our pe1!ple have 'been to BP and BS trom·

AH, and their reports are available, blit as time p8. ~es cban{_es are made due to the development or new ideas or a change -~ ~he procedures

·and habits or "the=-ejiemy-~ Consequently, there are probably many new . things or· inter~st that are not.~vailable here. I do not believe it

advisable ~o make·an· externally appare~t effort to_oollect: t~_data or to bother the people in the organization too much.· Already some ot our people have made d~tailed inquiries on some subjects and should

. that be frequently· repeated it might well be annoying. Better r~sults can probably be obt~iDed by merely getting a'th9rough·-wlderstand1ng

·. · or the organization in your no~ .work. . . · · ·· · · . . .

·fir. Small is anxi · .. us to .get underwa; and I think he sho\&ld in a ccuple _or weeks·. ·. ··

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CAPTAIN WALTER J·. PRIED, .09220~MR. WM. F. FRIEDMAN,

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5 ~UGUST 1944.

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR NICE LETTER OF 13 JULY. I DELAYED REPLYING TO IT BECAUSE I WAS AWAITING THE RECEIPT OP THE EWING BOOK: AND -THE REPRINT OF THE BIOMETRIICA ARTICLE~ . BOTH OF THESE ARRIVED JUST THIS . MORNING AND·. I HASTEN TO THANK YOU MOST SIN­CERELY AND TO ASK YOU TO XEEP A MEMO AS TO WHAT YOU. SPEIT ·FOR THEM, S~-THAT I MAY. REPAY YOU WHEN YOU RETURN.-

I HAD A LETTER RECENTLY FROM OOJlllANDER. DENNISTON IN WHICH HE TELLS ME THAT HE.GOT FROM YOU A FIRST-CLASS LESSON Dl GOLP AND THAT YOU· ARE "AN IMPRESSIVE PLAYER". BE ALSO THANKED ME POR THE THREE BALLS WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN 'GOOD ENOUGH TO CARRY OVER FOR D. THANKS ABAIN FOR THAT COURTESY. ·

I AM 'GLAD THAT YOU ARE ST.ILL ENJOYING YOUR JOB AND I '!'BIR BY THIS '!'DIE YOU WILL HAVE HAD SOME.WORD ABOUT A POSSIBLE RBPLACE-llEBT. SOME DAY I •LL TELL YOU THE DETAILS. .

THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG VERY. NICELY, BUT THE WEATHER HAS BEEB AS 'HOT BEBE AS. IT BAS BEEN COLD OD RAINY AT YOUR PLACE• WE HOPE FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT VERY SOON NOW.

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO LEARN THAT I HA.VB ORGANIZED A GROUP· TO WORK ON THE VOYNICH · (ALLEGED ROGER BACOB) MANUSCRIPT. DUKEY IS IN IT. 'WE CARRY IT ON AS AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY. YOU IU.Y WANT TO TAKE A HAl'tD LATER.· .

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING LOUISE FAIRLY FREQUENTLY AND SHE SEEKS TO BE BEARING UP U:nDER .YOUR ABSENCE• WE ABE· GOIBG TO ~ A-If CLUB IN A PARTY 'WITH BER TONIGHT.

, WITH VERY BEST REGARDS, I AM, ' ' I ' '

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6 JUNE 44.

DEAR WALTER:

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LETTER OF 20 MAY. I HAVE A LETTER FROM DENNISTON IN WHICH HE INDICATES HIS SATISFACTION AND PLEASURE IN HAVING YOU, AND ALSO A HIGH REGARD FOR YOUR KEENNESS.

I EXPECT THAT YOU ARE SEEING SOMETHING OF R AND ARE GETTING THE LATEST EVENTS ABOUT US FROM HIM.

WOULD YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH TO TRY TO OBTAIN A COPY OF A REPRINT OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE FOR ME. MAYBE FELBY CAN HELP YOU: OK SENTENCE-LENGTH AS A STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF STYLE IN PROSE: WITH APPLICATION TO TWO CASES OF DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP--BY G. UDNY YULE, VOLUME XXX,, PARTS III AND IV, BROMETRIKA, JANUARY 1939.

BY THIS TIME I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TRY OUT ONE OR TWO GOLF COURSES. YOU MAY BE PLEASED TO KNOW 'T'HAT MY GAME HAS IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY, BUT YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THAT OBNOXIOUS SO-CALLED SPORT.

EVERYBODY SENDS VERY BEST REGARD~.

SINCERELY,,

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From t1ae to time the .technical reports which 7ou b&Ye been sending us are brought to mf attention and I wa.nt to tell you how mue~ I as well ae many others at Arlington Hall appreci­ate the good work 7ou batre been doing .in keeping us so vell 1nt'oraed tecbn1c&ll7 regarding the illan:f important phases ot the act1v1t1ee at GO & cs. Not onl7 1• th• trequenc7 with which 7ou submit reports appreciated, but alao foltr :painstaking attention in setting torth technical detail• and tact• is ver7 helptul.

B7 agreement with the Nav,r it waa recently decided that SSA and OP-20-G 11&11on personnel to GO & CS 1ho11l.d be authorised to ooD.ter trequentl7, 1n order that both aerv1c•• may jo1Dil7 benefit b7 the preaence or 11&1aon otticera to that organisation. There will &110 be an exchange ot teoba1cal reports aubmit\ed, '9nd this exchange vill take place 1n Washington. B7 tre'119nt •on••ltat1on between liaiaon ott!cers on the apot and b7 such aa exchange ot ~eporta it is hoped not on17 to cover the·tield mo•• ac:lequately but also to give our Brit1sh allies one ~ore ind1cat1.cm ot tb• existing closenesa or United States APmJ and Xavr eooperation and collaboration in the vhole t1eld.

In connection Vitb 7olll' replaceaent some time 1n th• tall, coneidelo&tion 1e being gi••n to proTiding a civilian as a replace­••nt. I would appreciate your vi•v• as to the dea1r&b1l1tJ or making 1ueb a eelect10A, especially troa tbe viewpoint ot hie aeoeptab111t7 and ability to do the j6bt. proTidiag ot ecurae h• 11 teebnic&ll7 qual1t1ed.

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Alexa..~der Foote's b~ok sh~uld.have been answered a long time ago but I think rou ·know ·tha~ I have been 111 anti that is the reason for. the dela.7. I am ba~k·at ~y desk now and feel very much better. Yesterdq we bad a . love]3 day," the first one in a long tizne and I played 18 holes or golf. I wasn't too tired after it. · · ·

Next time· you come down here· I want you to be sure to give me a call •. I miss seeing: YO~ occasional}J'.

'. · · I should have said in the first ·part Or this letter that I read Foote's book and thou~ht that he did a pretty good

·Job. I think there is mGre t:rii.th iQ his· book than in almost any othor one ot this t.ype that I ~e read. · The.nk you for keepinz me in mind and it you run across any other things in which you think I would have an interest receipt ot such itns will be much appnciated. · .·

. . :'i:l:th very best regard.a, I am ·

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· On.., return from Europ•· some weeks ago, .I.was vel'J pleased·to find J'OUl' let'ter ot August 28, and I have meant to anaver it.long betore this. ~ b&ve ~turall7 been bus7 and on top.ot this I bave·not been teel1ng too well because ot a bad cold.and a strained back. · . .

I do want to 1a7 that.I appreciate ver)' much 7our coUltteous vorda ot thank• tor Vh&t 11t~le I waa able to do b7 va7 ot getting J'OU in and O\lt ot the Arm.7 and what­ever little things that I did while J'OU were 1n •. I can assure 7ou ~bat I enjo7ed bav1ng 7ou as a friend and asso­ciate, and I m1sa.7ou verr much.

· Last evening we bad the pleasure of being· guea ta tor dinner with Qaptain and Mrs~ 8•4back. 'lb.e7 are nov settled ·1n their own apartblent and are ver7 bapp7. We viah that we bad known how up against it the7 were tor quarters when Lou came back because ve did have plent7 or room tor them, eapeciall7 when Elizebeth .vaa all alone. . ·

. I will be ver7~P1lJ: to hear trom J'OU and to learn bov tour peraoml reorientation is coming.along.

Wi'th ver7 beat.regards, I am,

Sincerel.7 7oure,

Mr. Walter J. ·Pried · 160 Broadva~ · Rev York, Bev York

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7 August 28th,- 1945

Mr. William F. Friedman SSD - HQ - USFET {Rear) APO 887, c/o Postmaster,N.Y.

Dear Mr. Friedman:

I suppose you have heard by now, through channels, that I am out of the Army. I reached New York yesterday and although already ensconced in my office, have not yet done any work. I find that there are a great many odds and ends involved in getting settled, and.a they are not by aey means completed as yet.

I had dinner with Mrs. Friedman about ten days ago and saw her again for cocktails (with Herbert

----Maas.s}-- -the-day pef"ore -I -left Washington-.- ·We had-a: very· -­enjoyable time ·on both occasions. Confidentially, she misses you. I saw some pictures or you in?un1£orm, and you certainly looked healtlly:.and happy.

I want to tell you how much !'appreciate not only the help you gave me in getting out of the Army, but also all you did for me while I was in. I ~ very happy to be out, but additionally happy that the Japanese war ended before the actual date of my release. I am in hopes that being out will substantially facilitate the settlement of ~Y personal af£airs.

Mrs. Friedman promised that whenever you get to New York yo~. will get in touch with me. At the moment

_ I am living at my mother's apartment, 1130 Pa.rk Avenue, Sacramento 2-7663 1 but don't know how much longer I will be there. However, I can also be reached at my office, Rector 2-0688. On the other hand, if I come to Washington, I shall certainly get in touch with you and hope I will be able to see you.

I don't know if you are going back to ~ngland, but if you do, please give my kindest regards to my many good friends there.

Sincerely,

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SSD BQ ETOUSA - 4000 Lee Boulevard APO #887 c/o Postmaster, Bew ?:ork Arlington, Va.

Dear Walter:

Thank 7ou ver7 much for 7our letter or 21 April which arrived about 10 da7s ago. I vas extremel1 pleased to receive 7our congratulations.

It is good to know that 7our vork continues to be taac1nat1ng. I lmew tba t 1 t would be so and 11' an7th1ng t'ba_t I wrote and 7ou · bad a chance to read betore leaving vaa belptul, a11 J'OU indicate in 7our letter, the pains to which I vent in setting torth a connected narrative are well repa14. I bave been reading 7our stutt and viah to indicate m7 appreciation ot the aort ot job 7ou are doing. lteep up the good work even though I know that 7ou are doing it at considerable· effort. I realize.how much ground there is to cover and I knov that JOU are not f1D41ng m&J17 spare momenta.

I presume thi&t bJ this time J'OU have_ met -"T:" and· I hope 7ou will ~ike him as much as ve do.

I thl-eatened to call up Lolli•• to· pl.&7 golt-vtth •· She . bas agr•ed to do so and: I think· 1 t vill be nice to pla7 occa111cmall7 atter work. I aaw·her last Pr~~7 night at a card part7 at the A.O. Club. She didn't" do much card pla71ng nor did.I, but ve sat around and talked. She seems quite vell.

With best regards, I am,

Sincerel7 1our11,

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: ..... . Tha.nk yqu '.very_ mUCh fo~:.· your ·ie·tt~r . or. 2 April• · I am gl~d th& t gou _a.r~ finding· th~ngs ·SO· 1!-tte~esti.ng. What you .say· about ypur· adm1ra~ion for your a.seocia.tes dQes not ·astonish·me at all and' ·fro~ the very f·irs~, I .recognizeq: ,-tliat they were. indeed more grown _ · up than we_. ·We rea.lly have a great ·deal to learn from theni and I .lmow that. yo~ -will maic.e ·the.· very. best of··youb present· opportuni­

. ties. I found ·_them extre~~ly easy to get ·along with and I know · thB.t you v_ill·-too. · · · · :- · · . . ·

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· · · . No dp~ot ·Louise .ha:s · t~ld ·you ·or ·iny ·v1s·1t a· ·couple .- . · a.go_ whi~h. I -en_joyed very mu~h.- ·I sa.w h~r,, 1nc1.den~ly,,

day ·when -I was· ove.r ~t the club t.o- play.~ little golf;

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I ·have be'an-' seeing· some of y.·c,-ur· ~ep.Or'.ts a~d :r·1n ·them interesting,, that. is,, what I· can ·~derstand of .. them. Some of. -~he stuttf ·.is 'pe_:rfec'tly unintel·l~gible,, otit that is my_ fault.

. Things are ~oving a lons here.-~ boµt _'.a·s usual. ·. I_ think you. · - _will'- ~con ·~see. a friend of yours_ -from ·here who is coming over-·

f_or .a short :visit-, - ·I suppose· y:o.u know .. that Dumey ·got a couple · of be.rs la.s-t· week~ This pleas·ed me._a.s ~uch:-8:~ 1t.·~~d him perhaps.

Wfll ·yol:J. -be good enough- _to _con:~ey my qo:rd'ial gree.tings t.o a.11 of my friends there? · .Th~y might· ·be +nterested to lmow,, if they don.•t a).ready,, t~t I was _recently ·t~e recipient of the highest·a~ard for civilian service. ·rti ad~ition'to th~ honor ·r also got ·an-au~-omatic ·1nerease· in pay ·w"Qich,· __ of course·,, was· an additlona1.:item ·of pleasure. · .

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