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January 18th., 1943.

Dear Mr. Milliken:

Many thanks for your very kind note of January 14th., and I am much looking forward to seeing you and Mr. Francis.

However, if I am rushing these lines to you, it is because as soon as I received your letter I made inquiries as to the possibility of having the painting brought to New York, in order to avoid the trip to Greenwich, Conn., where the painting was hanging in the Godfrey Rockefeller home. But in the meantime, Lt. Col. Rockefeller has been stationed in Providence, where he has taken a house - and along went tht [[that]] Goya portrait!

I suggest therefore, if agreeable to you, that we meet in Providence, and I am wondering whether Monday, the 25th., would be convenient to you and Mr. Francis. I realize that this is going to alter your plans, and I hope not upset them too much - but it is also a war condition and we have to take it as such.

As soon as you will have been able to reach a decision, would you be good enough to send me a wire, so that I can make plans accordingly, and post Lt. Col. Rockefeller?

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