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GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS-LITS, LIMITED
TEL. ADDRESS: WAGONLITS CODE: 5TH EDIETION A.B.C. 
MANAGER WILH. TRENDEL

Peking, Sept 23rd 1910

Dear Colonel Hecker -
On reaching here three days ago, I sent you a cable telling you of my arrival, that I was well and that the voyage proved pleasant. Many interesting things made the trip here both comfortable and profitable - At Shanghai and Tientsin I met well known men who have travelled in the interior of China and from them I obtained much valuable information. Here I find Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun deeply interested 

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