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[[left margin in red]] My telegram to Mussolini [[/left margin]]
[[red underlined]] England and Germany. Everybody here denies this. A friend of Moninari who also is a friend of Mussolini's brother asked me to send this cablegram [[/red underlined]] To day we received a telegram from Milan that Molinari has just been released.  
Karpen here for business of his own.
[[red underlined]] Let George B. read the new draft of my will for his information and comments [[/red underlined]] Evening supper at U.C. [[red underlined]] George Roll [[/red underlined]] back from [[red underlined]] his vacation in Adirondacks [[/red underlined]]
[[underlined]] Aug 21 [[/underlined]] Last night and to day much cooler.
[[red underlined]] Schleussner [[/red underlined]] kicks to [[red underlined]] Geo Roll because I am not paying at once. - while my sales agreement gives me to Sept 30. Schleussner is being prodded by Carveth [[/red underlined]]
[[underlined]] Aug 22. [[/underlined]] George Roll went
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to Bankers Trust [[red underlined]] to sell my [[/red underlined]] bonds. [[red underlined]] They say it would be folly to do so at present and depress market still further. But they are willing to lend me their value at 5% interest and thus give me time to wait until Bond market is again normal Schleussner [[/red underlined]] came to see me repeats me what I already knew about [[red underlined]] Carveth [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] Hamman reproaching him as to agreement of sale of their stock.[[/red underlined]] Told him [[red underlined]] my rights [[/red underlined]] are [[red underlined]] clearly defined [[/red underlined]] by [[red underlined]] agreement they themselves drew up [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] I had arranged my cash and plans for sale of bonds accordingly. Nevertheless I was not going to stand on my rights [[/red underlined]] and [[red underlined]] on the written contract [[/red underlined]] if I could [[red underlined]] help him out of a situation unpleasant to him. [[/red underlined]] But that it [[red underlined]] would require a few days before I could rearrange my plans [[/red underlined]]