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translation of Frida's note to Diego:

Diego, mi amor,

Don't forget that when you finish the fresco we will join each other, finally, forever, without quarrels or anything - only to love each other very much. 

Don't behave badly and do everything Emmy Lou tells you. 
I love you more than ever before. Your niña
Frida
(write to me)


October, 1986 - Emmy Lou Packard

San Francisco, 1940

The Spanish words in Frida's note to Diego she left in the Treasure Island studio of Rivera's for painting the 75-foot fresco now at City College of San Francisco. Frida was leaving for a trip to New York (trial having to do with Guadalupe Marin; see letter) The envelope was a watch and jewelry depository while Frida was briefly in St. Luke's Hospital, placed there for observation by Dr. Leo Elloesser. 

Diego, mi amor,
No se te olvide que en cuanto acabes el fresco nos juntaremos ya para siempre, sin pleitos ni nada - solamente para querernos mucho. 
  
No te portes mal y has todo lo que Emmy Lou te diga. 
  
Te adoro mas que nunca. tu niña
Frida
(escríbeme)

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