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New York, New York 10022

January 22, 1976

Dear Mrs. Alsop,

How grateful I am to "les manes" of Lady Sackville, for had you not undertaken your research I would not have become the recipient of your captivating book.

But it is not merely a book, it is an outstandingly vivid report in capsule form of fifteen years of international events. And how objectively they are dissected and described, with however, an exquisite sensitivity. It is history revealed, day by day, of one of the most tumultous periods of those years, pregnant with decisions which could have engulfed us in another World War.

They are perforce intermingled with the portraits you draw of the personalities of the time, and among them is a man to whom I have remained devoted - General George Marshall. You limned him so correctly, in a few words. We worked together in 1917-1918 - we were then both Captains, training the first U.S. Division and leading it to its first trenches. I remained in touch with him to the very end.

This is all to say how much your [[underlined]] Letters to Marietta [[/underlined]] have meant to me, and let me anew express my appreciation of your thoughtfulness.

Sincerely yours,

Germain Seligman

Mrs. Susan Mary Alsop
700 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 200037

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