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Gave [[red underlined]] admonition to Leslie [[/red underlinde]] told him want cleaner keep up of boat.
Went to [[red underlined]] factory [[/red underlined]] then to University club where spent most time with [[red underlined]] LaValette. [[/red underlined]] Told him I [[red underlined]]  do not desire to be entangled in any European business proposition at this time when everything is unsettled but will uphold him in his exclusive contract [[/red underlined]] [[large red exclamation point in left margin]] for France as he obtained it from [[red underline]] Rutgerwerke, [[/red underlined]] not deciding however its present standing but rescuing later developments; will write him letter to that effect which seems much to please him. I [[red underlined]] do not want to get into an unknown combination with unknown personalities. [[/red underlined]]
He tells me every French-
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man thinks [[red underlined]] Wilson pro-German", [[/red underlined]] because Wilson's wife is German"! I told him the absurdity of this and showed family history of first and second Mrs. Wilson. This is evidently another one of the miserable petty lies which have been distributed among the [[red underlined]] French People to undermine Wilson. [[/red underlined]] [[strikethrough]] Wilson Left with Mudr [[/strikethrough]] Saw [[red underlined]] Wilson [[/red underlined]] in procession in his honor passing University Club to day Beautiful day.
Took midnight train for [[red underlined]] Washington - [[strikethrough]] Mis [[/strikethrough]] large number of returning soldiers. [[/red underlined]] Everything quiet and orderly. [[red underlined]] Transportation well handled [[/red underlined]]
July 9. [[red underlined]] Washington much quieter [[/red underlined]] Cosmos Club not so crowded Went to hearing of Committee of [[red underlined]] Patents of House of represen [[/red underlined]]