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Hotel Ascone
Ascone, Switzerland

July 7, 1947

Dear George:

I was glad at last to hear from you in greater detail.

Charell.  Please have all of these matters carefully recorded and made fiches of so that when I return, as I will so much ahead of you, I will know exactly what to do.

[[underline]]Ball[[underline]].  I have just had a brain-storm and feel certain that the famous client for Dresden china about which there was so much talk is Irwin Untermeyer.  This I arrived at by putting two and two together and from having just by chance heard yesterday of his visit (Untermeyer's) to a small dealer in town and it does coincide with Untermeyer's recent interest.  But there is nothing I wish to do in connection with it.

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As far as the commode is concerned, you can offer it to Miss Howell or to Mrs. Constantine if you think that by doing so you can establish an interesting contact, but not to Pendleton.  Otherwise I much prefer having the commode sent to the warehouse.

Since writing the above (which was dictated in Paris), I have also received your letters of June 26 and June 27th.

[[underline]]Lane.[[/underline]]  No comment.

[[underline]]Chanin[[/underline]].  I am of the opinion that you give him the list of Bonnard sold by the firm, just mentioning the names of Stephen C. Clark, Brewster, Wetmore, Lurey, and Zinser, but not the others.  Also Duncan Philips, whom I am surprised not to see reported on the list.

[[underline]]Miss Hudson[[/underline]].  I don't see why thismatter could not have waited until I returned as long as I have always been in touch with her, but her visit nevertheless is interesting.

About my activities in Paris, I would have to write a volume which unfortunately could be summed up in a very few lines - that it is practically impossible to do any sort of business in view of the tremendous complications involved.  I have never worked as hard to achieve so little and  the result is practically a break-down and I am therefore extremely pleased to be away and rest from everything.

In Zurich, by the way, I contacted Nathan but he was going away so that it was merely reduced to a telephone conversation.

Saw Leon in Paris, looking very fit, but not very sanguine about Paris.  He is at the same time too young and too old.

With best regards,

^[[Tien 
Germain.]]