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case & set it on the table. I remarked it but said nothing until U Nu laughed & said, "Don't be afraid, this is not a bullet." There is something in it for you that we will open later. We chatted a while longer & then he said - "Speaking of plays, have you seen "Anna & the King of Siam"? I replied "I have and I envied her." And we went into an analysis of the King & the portrayal of his character by Yul Brynner. U Nu then took the case, took the top off & turned it to me asked me to remove the contents. It was a lovely Burmese parasol of white silk with hand painted flowers and silver handle & red pom poms on top & on the handle. Perfectly charming! I thanked him. Then he asked - "Will you have time in India to do a portrait of Pandit Nehru? Although I had only three to four days - I said, 'Yes'. (I think that if conditions could be arranged I could make working sketches & take photographs with me from 



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which to work on in New York. In which case, I might present it to Ambassador Barrington in Washington, who in turn would present it to the Burmese Ambassador - & on to Nehru, finally.) U Nu turned to his secretary U Thant & had him send a cable to U Kyin, the Burmese Ambassador in Delhi, to arrange for a sitting for me with Nehru. Simply fabulous - if it is possible.

I thanked U Nu again & when he saw us to the car & said he would see me in New York, I was in tears.

Came home to do a little packing. Afterwards, at 7.30 we went to see "The Second Mrs. Carroll," directed by Lorraine Strauss & hammed expertly by Anne Strauss & Irving Licht. No sensibility - either of them.

David & Bracha came home with us for coffee & sandwiches, as well as Marie Caudle, the Levines (a new Israeli arrival.

Spent a pleasant while with them. When Bracha & David heard about