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to [[red underline]] engage [[/red underline]] [[black and red underline]] Pope [[/black and red underline]] [[red underline]] for Cyanamid [[/red underline]] but after the latter told him that he came as a representative of his Nitrogen Company. Then Bell offered to buy the Nitrogen company out, after he found that their net assets (accounts receivable minus bills due) were 900,000$ he offered this sum in cash. But when Pope presented the offer to his partners they wanted $1200000, and that finally they had agreed upon one million, [[red underline]] so from now on the Nitrogen Company was a part of Cyanamid etc. [[/red underline]] - Told about visit of Pope to George B. Redman, Rossi and Sanford Brown as confidential. 
This afternoon [[red underline]] Barret [[/red underline]] calls up, wants to come tomorrow morning at my office.
[[underline]] Oct. 1 [[/underline]] Barret here at 9 A.M. Very friendly conversation told me that [[red underline]] his associates had rejected my latest counterproposition, not because they thought they were exaggerated [[/red underline]] nor because my arguments were 
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not valid but [[red underline]] present conditions of business did not warrant them [[/red underline]] to [[strikethrough]] accept [[/strikethrough]] carry out a transaction as submitted by me. Told me also that they had been [[red underline]] very favorably impressed by our balance [[/red underline]] sheet and general situation etc. - Immediately I announced result to Rossi Redman Sanford Brown and George B.
[[left margin vertically in red]] 1930 [[/left margin]]
[[underline]] Oct. 2 [[/underline]] Cool but bright. Schleussner asks George when he can see me.
[[underline]] Oct. 3. [[/underline]] At dentist 8:30 AM. At 12:30 PM [[red underline]] Schleussner [[/red underline]] came to office and told me [[red underline]] how satisfied everybody is [[/red underline]], since they consolidated with [[red underline]] Dupont [[/red underline]] and that he and other directors felt happier than ever. How their autonomy as a company had been scrupulously respected and how everything at R&H. went on as before except that Dupont had appointed a couple of directors who kept them in touch with central administration [[red underline]] He urged me to do the same thing for Bakelite Corporation [[/red underline]] and described the advantages of such