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'.5undsv1k, Swe_den, De1Zember 7, ., - - : • i:- " - t '.-. -.. ,. - .''.- .' 1946 " • . . ' ·•,. :· 

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"?(;,· ·. · ···. , ... · "'.7S~:~ '''Dear Bill: . ':; '• ·. '\" .': ·, '.·· ' , .. · >' ·• · ; • -:\<( >'1:;{;:\ ~ 

·'.· <." ·' .,.Your-·kind· letter of Nov· .. · 29 -.iust came to hand as a well needed • 

···· reminder to answer your letter and note of Nov. 8, which should _ • 

:; .. _-have been more promptly attended to. I am afraid that my-ways of·· ~ 

'· · · "· handlinp; my correspondense are rather erratic. This does not -- · ·- • 

""· - however mean that I try to postpone my letter-writing ii:idefinitely • 

_ " "',.;····_-it is only that I en,ioy so much writing to'my fi"iends that I :~_._iiiii 

·'' -"'·-.: .. <. · , ·.:·feel the neeq of real ).eisure, in or~er· to be able to get _d9wn .,- · '."' !!! 

·_ . ·: ._ .. ··_ .. : . . · · \ __ · to a o i ng it • · - - · " · · -· · - · · · :· --· ii 

,_:---.·, ,,; --You will therefore realize that I wgs very glad indeed to have.·'·_.·• 

',. .your letters, and also Elizabeths' delightful one, and both Annie·• 

•,-._.; ...... . and myself want to thank you for the all too- kind words and senti-- • 

'. ·•:,.-.:· -_ >men ts. We. certainly enjoyed having you, Bi 11, here, and only hope,.,. .. • · · · '- .·. -that next time it wi 11 be both of you, cominp; to seo ~μ..;r • - -.. - The teleμ;ram from· Paris did :pot reach· us. You· must ha;,e offended·-,.· • . . ,. ' . . . . ... ·. · .. •;· - .. ; .. -tne censors in some way! - · :. - · · · ii .. . ., ·.:-: ..... ·:"The travellers checks however were intact,- and Art cashed them fo~ •· . --is me, so everything is in _order. It was really no hurry with this. _ 

· .- "?> C. My travelling plans have now matured to the extent that I have . • . ....~ \ ,, applied for a visa)<. and mace reservations on the "Gripsholm", c'lue . -

· J:: ; ~ f'· to leave Gothenburg on March '28th. Annie will stay at home this . 

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• ~~ ~·!~~-time, but hopes that it will not be long before she can join me . c' - ;..., r ·on a trip wcst·1rnrds! ... ': - - . - -- ,. . 

~ ~- -- : - It was inter>esting to hear abou_t Kirkes yisit •. I do hope .that he _ I 

,,· \;) _.'.\~-" .. shall no~ miss to look me up, ~non he· com.es to Sweden. He offered 

· -~ ~. t\:. _me about a year ~3.o- a share in his ticket-vending inachine ventur-e,·: _ 

· . '(.. ,I _,\f but I dee lined tne offer, because I had my hands full anyway. I 

·I r -' Wlth regard to the cryptographer's, Kirke has not shown any interest 

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_.._~CJ~ after- the wlndlng up of the American business, but I will see, what .~~ -'f he sa.ys, when we meet again. I think howGver that eventual future _ . e business in the US wi 11 have to be m0re on a commercial basis. Dld • 

,\' ~·~I mention, that we are constructirig also a new machine of the "BS'~rt 

1 -which we will place on the market at a price which will be at leas · .--. 50'S lower than. that for the present keyboard machine. We expect 1n _ · ·,-this way to create a lsrger market -for the machine, and not onlY: _:- ·I 

for military but for com11ercial use. I am working quite hard on· > 

this problem, - but my main-work is nevertheles out here in the· • 

country. The brick works is nearing completion, we have all the . I . _ machinery needed, and only the "refinements "which I have des;~ned ,· 

will take some time to be completed. We hope however to be ready -~ 

for operg,tions early ~n the spring - and the~day, when everything 

wi 11 be running smoothly, is eagerly awaited. . · - We had a cold.spell, with ice on the lak~ a few weeks ·aso, but 

since then it has been·"above freezing, luckily for our work. 

I nearly forgot to tell you that I had a very nice letter from 

John Ramsay. I have however mislaid his adJlress in Ithaca and would 

be very gl~d to have it, so tnat I could direct Bo to visit him 

fr-om Groton, after the holidays. - I have let Bo keep the car, so 

that when I come to the US there will the means for us to use the 

car for trips of moderate lengh·i·l (expect to have Bo as my compan-

-· ' ion during my Stay, which will probably be about two months. 

Annie and I hope that you are all well, and thnt you are now all 

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settled in your now home, and ready for the holidays. 

With affectionate re~ards from us both. · @'Rproved for Release by NSA on 07-30-2014 pursuantto E_O_ 1352a 

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