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They all wear a [[underline]] plain white ordinary suit of clothes but on their waist below have a [[underline]] miniature sarong [[/underline]] one lap of which protrudes below their coat. [[underline]] April 22 [[/underline]] 
There are many excellent and well provided stores At one of the very best I bought a new light raincoat imported from England at about same price $8.00 which I paid for the other in London.
Bought also [[underline]] 3 new white duck trousers [[/underline]] and 2 ditto coats for which I paid $22.00. and they are substantially made
Went to visit [[underline]] Mr. Hoover [[/underline]] the [[underline]] American Consul [[/underline]] here who lives in a pleasant house surrounded with trees and tropical shrubs.
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he was formerly in [[underline]] Sao Paolo [[/underline]] (Brazil) and [[strikethrough]] knew [[/strikethrough]] said he had heard about me there thru [[underline]] Phillipi [[/underline]] and the [[underline]] Rio Consulate [[/underline]] and knew about [[underline]] Bakelite, [[/underline]] his secretary's name is [[underline]] Kuykendael [[/underline]] and is a [[underline]] Columbia graduate. [[/underline]] Found [[underline]] 3 cablegrams [[/underline]] there [[underline]] from George [[/underline]] one offering [[underline]] Max Mauraus [[/underline]] ketch for [[underline]] $12000. [[/underline]] another asking advice about a synthetic wood alcohol patent offered for [[strikethrough]] sal [[/strikethrough]] option by a German answered him he should consult the Directors. Another cable = [[underline]] Japanese [[/underline]] are [[underline]] anxious to see factory and processes. Answered matter must wait until my return [[/underline]] and necessary deliberations. From Hoover gathered prices of hotels and motor cars and I came to the conclusion that [[underline]] de Klerk [[/underline]] has overcharged me about