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[[vertical annotation in red in left margin]] Surcouf a liar [[/left margin]]
and then they [[underlined in red]] berated Mills [[/underlined in red]] for having kept silent he following my instructions not to show them copy of the letter of George B, before Surcouf had handed its letter and explain the purport of this letter. -
At that time [[underlined in red]] Mills had said to Sachs: [[/underlined in red]]  "Mr. Sachs after you get acquainted with [[double underline]] all [[/double underline]] the facts in this case; I can assure you that I myself as well as Bakelite Corporation have exclusively and sincerely acted toward Bakelite Gesellschaft in full good faith and in trying to safeguard your interests."  Now [[underlined in red]] Sachs understood for the first time [[/underlined in red]] what it meant and repeated the incident of Mills
Later on (see below) when further discussing the subject Dr. Strauss repeated that until October 1930, when they finally received proof from us they did not know there was a written agreement because Surcouf denied possessing any such thing.  Furthermore [[underlined in red]] Surcouf
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aggravated [[/underlined in red]] the matter by omitting to say that [[underlined in red]] he himself had caused the misunderstanding by insisting to George B and the others that neither Mills nor any of us should show a copy of the letter or bring up the matter until he had [[/underlined in red]] the opportunity of showing himself the letter to Sachs on his arrival in Europe after leaving us and that Surcouf had assured us that he had a cable from Sachs addressed to him in New York about June 23, 1930 that Sachs was to meet him when the steamer arrived in Europe.
Strauss and Sachs told me later that as soon as they were aware of the real situation and all the trouble resulting from this they cabled me to permit them to come all three (Surcouf, Strauss & Sachs) to me in New York to discuss and settle the situation and that [[underlined in red]] when I refused to do so they got angry. [[/underlined in red]] -- I told him the reason was as I had expressed already in my telegraphic answer that we