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steamer accommodations are secured.

My work in London will be mainly the gathering together there, and reshipment of things bought in Syria. Purchases made in Constantinople are being shipped, through Embassy aid, direct to the Smithsonian without Turkish inspection.

Your letters do not mention the amount due you and H.B.L. for endorsement, and I have forgotten whether it stood at 35 or $50.000 when I left home. Of course, Truman and Phil both have quite