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218 Sat. Jan. 22. [[strikethrough]] August 5 [[/strikethrough]] books all contained a copy of Marx's theories. Dinner & cocktails at the Barnes' afterwards. I was so tired after my day - (Had painted after lunch, on my return, then finished Orwell's 'Burmese Days & started 'In Two Latitudes', Simenon. I could hardly keep awake in spite of Mr. Barnes & Col. Pettit's conversation at dinner. This was also in honor of Jerry McCarthy of firm of Knappen, Tippetts, Abbott, McCarthy, Engineers, Industrial Development Corp. 98 Cheape Road, Rangoon. Sunday. Jan. 23. AM- Rested in bed & started reading, Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa.' Lunch at home for World Bank - Dr. Gerald Alter, Jean-Claude Antoine, Dr. Anthony Bosch. Dinner here this evening with 219 Sunday. Jan. 23 [[strikethrough]] August 6 [[/strikethrough]] Max Lerner & Alsop. syndicated press. Alsop is friend of Bob Nathan. Also, later this evening David Hacohen will come with Bracha & some newly arrived people of the Israeli Legation, who I am looking forward to meet. 7.30 P.M. Completely fabulous evening. Dorothy & I had Max Lerner & Joseph Alsop all to ourselves for dinner, since Louis had to be with Raskin. Conversation sparkled. I find Alsop, a second sort of Sir Cedric Hardwicke, - wonderful, dry, clear speaking voice, beautiful hands which he knows full well how to use, brilliant mind & wry wit, sardonic humor, analytical. As Hacohen described him, "this goy knows more than all our clever jews together!! At 9.30, Louis rejoined us, together with Hacohen, Bracha, Levin, all of the