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day of my arrival at the luncheon I gave at Kaiserhof Dr. Weigelt expressed desire to become one of the directors of Bakelite Gesellschaft and as [[red underline]] by our contract there must be an uneven number of directors George Baekeland was added as our new director [[/red underline]], while I was appointed in place of Harry Mills.
[[red underline]] Fabian is General Director of Rutgers [[/red underline]] and [[strikethrough]] Muller [[/strikethrough]] Director Muller is also of Rutgers.
[[vertical notation in left margin in red and underlined]] Basso [[/left margin in red]]
[[strikethrough]] Then [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Basso [[/red underline]] arrived about 10:30 with [[red underline]] Molinari [[/red underline]]. Told him compensation he offered is so small that even if [[red underline]] they made $100 000 [[/red underline]] a year profits [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] our share would hardly pay for additional expenses [[/red underline]] such as correspondence patent matters, additional work. That our patent man had been engaged at about [[red underline]] 
9000$ [[/red underline]] and [[strikethrough]] had [[/strikethrough]] they all had more work than they could attend to. 
[[vertical notation in left margin in red]] We decline partnership [[/left margin in red]]
That these [[red underline]] long distance connections [[/red underline]] were not only difficult and time robbing but expensive. [[strikethrough]] We had foun [[/strikethrough]] and liable to [[red underline]] bring about misunderstandings. This had been our experience with France [[/red underline]] hence had to simplify with carrying on thru Berlin 
Recently we had written to [[red underline]] Japan [[/red underline]] requesting them to release us from all the work and attention involved in our partnership which hitherto
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[[vertical notation in left margin in red]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Gave letter of introduction to Basso for British Bakelite [[/left margin in red]]
had brought in no returns So in this case I desired to avoid all this notwithstanding my desire to be agreeable to them. That a formal contract shall be written establishing clearly our reciprocal responsibilities. That I desired that [[red underline]] Berlin should be the liaison [[/red underline]] because Sachs not only speaks several languages but is well acquainted with the state of affairs and with the men of S.I.B. Also that the optional clause [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] as it exists now in our contract with Berlin and France of at our discretion to [[strikethrough]] learn [[/strikethrough]] claim payment of part expenses involved in development of patents and process thereto should be inserted. - Told them had to do this for France in view of [[red underline]] Bethune's ownership etc [[/red underline]] Therefore matter should be left optional to us. - They all agreed on this. [[red underline]] Gave them letter introduction to Potter [[/red underline]] advising the latter of our relations and desirability of showing English factory.
Basso and Molinari go to see Chasere to discuss concessions concerning Beetle subject, and may have interesting information on this subject for Potter.
Molinari confirms statement of Ripper that [[red underline]] Ureoplastics are much more delicate in molding problems than Bakelite, and frequently lack homogeneity by irregularity of conversion as polymerisation of the molded articles and