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that [[red underline]] dangerous letter [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] offering of [[/strikethrough]] which [[red underline]] George Baekeland [[/red underline]] gave to Germany on June 26 1930 [[red underline]] without first submitting [[/red underline]] it to me for approval and which to day is [[red underline]] doubly dangerous [[/red underline]] because it would tie us with unforeseen entanglements [[red underline]] in case we [[/red underline]] make a consolidation [[red underline]] with DuPont  George [[/red underline]] being [[red underline]] absent [[/red underline]] discussed the matter carefully with Rossi Redman and Sanford Brown. They all approve of my stand.
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[[underlined]] Nov. 1 [[underlined]] Yonkers all day, studying.
[[underlined]] Nov 2. [[underlined]] (Sunday) here.
[[underlined]] Nov 3. [[underlined]] [[red underlined]] Japanese luncheon [[/red underline]] Hotel Pierre
Nov 4-5- [[red underlined]] Cablegrams & letters Paris Berlin misunderstandings [[/red underline]]
[[underlined]] Nov 6. [[/underlined]] Much colder. George B back from his cruise. Went as far as Southport with Townsend. Wrote [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] very [[red underlined]] outspoken letter to Mills [[/red underline]] to [[red underlined]] explain our attitude towards Berlin, Paris [[/red underline]] and existing contracts and why we do not want to be entangled further by
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Additional contracts and why I do not [[red underlined]] want them to come here and bother us further [[/red underline]]
Nov. 7- [[strikethrough]] 8 [[/strikethrough]] at office. 8th here in Yonkers
[[underlined]] Nov 9th. [[/underlined]] Ditto.
[[underlined]] Nov 10. [[/underlined]] [[red underlined]] discussed [[/red underline]] anew [[red underlined]] European situation with George B and Sanford Brown. [[/red underline]] George back from Washington where appeared before Tariff commissioners in relation to smokers articles.
[[underlined]] Nov 11. [[/underlined]] [[red underlined]] Armistice day. [[/red underline]] Stayed home this morning. At 11AM everything stopped for a few minutes and sirens and whistles blew to commemorate the [[red underline]] event of 12 years ago which unfortunately has not left [[/red underline]] a deep impression [[red underlined]] on this fickle world. [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] Next gen [[/strikethrough]] Younger generations [[red underlined]] may forget the lesson [[/red underline]] entirely and repeat the same [[red underlined]] collosal crime [[/red underline]] of 1914-1918. [[red Underlined]] All countries seem to be as badly of as in 1913 and find new ways of quarrels and [[/red underline]] suspicion. 
Afternoon [[red underlined]] lecture [[/red underline]] before [[red underlined]] chemical [[/red underline]]
[[left margin in red]] Armistice Day [[/left margin]]