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· -:8.KTHMIOf,lt..filE'I' 'f!ft'J{P'l'~K Sundsv1k, Sept. 15, 1955. ·.·,, 

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Dear Bills 

Mr. William F. Friedman, 

."310 Second street, SE, 

Weshin~ton 3, DC. · 

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,,_., .. .'.J"ust a few lines to th1=ink you for .your very kind ler, ter of Sept .6, ~ . · - and to let you know th~t it w2s wa1ting for me on ~y return from-a · !!! 

trip to FinlRnd, this mornin_g~.· . , .· . ,.: ..• ~. s 

It was exciting to heRr.about the.forthcoming retirement ceremony,·::.! 

and I truet that you will let me ·hear about it in due course! ii 

.And in the ml.i!antime, p~eas·e_'.cto,no.t work too hard, but .obey your 

commander/s/-in-chief I . · ' ~ ·. 

I also want to thank ·you ·for whet ·you write abour. my work',· .and about. :: 

·~ ~ my coming notes, and I appreciate -deeply your offer to be my editor: ~ 

:b ~ >~~, :: := :::~::::~~~t:::::~~L:l: :: : ::::d:d::·:o:h::~ ::::n b:o •:::e ~ : ~· .\· ·. ~\ over here,· as he would in that case al;o make Bo 'a' aquaintance, and !!!!. 

i ""'fl'!· 1:' hear his v1~ws on· the divers m~tters, which interest u·s all.' I would i 

·f..... mi 0 e your presence very much, but - as you sg.,_y - this cannot be helpe_d 

ii,"~~: : .. ::~,.I .~:~:!t :::\!::r:·e····w~~~n: 9 c::::~:: ~:::r/~~:h ~~u;e::~::l:~: ~~· . ~ ~ ~ 1a fine, I tpink. : 

~-(''· , ' , \ As to a RUit8ble dRte, I muPt ask your indul~ence for some little· - ~:~ time, RS there hove Eirisen a couple of cornplicr>tions, in connection I 

i ~. with my timetable. For one thinr,r the time :f'or our dep!:lrture for Zug: !!!!!!!! 

,j "-..' cennot be set \lnt·il Rbout the end of next week.· Before leeving for · .. : l~ .. ·· ·.. Finland. I talked Annie into having a thorough llledical· check-up • S,he . = !~ ~- ·~.f ·did not :-see any reBson for this, as she hod felt unusually well this I 

I r"o:.:i- ·yqear, but the first tests showed that there was something not in ~ 

~ . . order - what, we do not know - and she must therefore pass the coming I i~"rJ ~ . week in a hospital in Stockholm for a complete examinetion. We do not 

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, ~. ('>. think that there could be any serious trouble w1th her, but we mu.st . 

!~a_...~~~. ·".{. nevf:lrtheless count with the· :eo~--~-!}?ility of our depa~t_ure from here - ... , could become delayed. · ,-.. 

The second reason for my inability of sug7esting a fixed date now for I 

Mr. Shinn's visit is the following~ we /Bo and I/ shall h8ve to go to 

~ f • · Perie for an important meet~ng this .fall'. This has tentatively been -

\ ~·· \.... _set for the second _part of. October, but this too may h 0 ve to de post- I 

;.. poned. · .- · ~---< 

._. .l) ·} I will let you know as soon .. : as possible about a s.1!1teble ..Q..t:·t-e for the, ~ · suqaeated meetin~. · · ·; · · 

,· ~ ·.·· I am. c:oinc: to th~ steti~n in a few minutes,· and w1i1·· n:a11· this lettor. 

! ~ . et .the sRme time. - Anc who do you think I am go1ni:i; to brin~ here? ;: 

l · ! -Mr.· 8c Mrs. Joe 'J!E1lker, fr0m Ada. Okln, whom we met 1

m the Liberte, 

\\" when we tt'avelled with yr:m to the TJS in .'53! . 1'hey came to Stockholm 

e\pproved for Release by NSA on 08-05-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a