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REF ID:A2263162 

BORIS HLLIN. 

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i-lr. l'li 11 Lani Y. Fri edmun, 

310 Se c0nd a1n;;e t, SE. 

Wa.shington 3 DC. 

Dear B lll: 

~hny th[rnks for yo1ir lons arid !dnd letter of Dec. 20! v•lU ycur kincl 

X-mn8 1-.rj_f;hes, r•s \·'ell 88 y0ur f."0oc1 \:lshr::s for the New Yeor! · I have no¥ an o~tline of our scihedule made out, so I cari give you the 

followinp.: irifor•.ation ~: 

We ex~ec£ to go str~i~ht to Wsshingtori from New York, 2fter the bo3t 

has docked. Thi"' is extJected to t.'.l\~e r:l·;ce b tbe morning o.t' Jan 25, 

b•1t of course, if the v!e;.:.ther slm·1s up the boat, t\1en it coJ.lJ .... e even 

orie c1ay l(:Ler. l will' 1v.'lreless" Art ;o~Lout the tLue o.:.' arrtv:Jl in 

vi-> shin !It on. 

WP. ex0sct to st·~y · l:i h'';shint:ton from :;. to S .J::iys, c1ene,1diri:: on \;'h·'t 

n.1'1.t18 I·1 .c:;rid :•n'l i•hre:·,:reta h:l.V'J for us, o·_w int,..:nt:.on csi.n5 to 50 to 

Eirmb~~nm Mlch from 'i/aPhin[5ton, :1 '1d to stu.~· fOOl!le ti.me there. 

1,.·e ex'":'ect to vl~it ral::.;tives o.ad frie'.lds ln .Hfi'e~erit N1rts of the 

country, m0stly east, nnJ then before we s~il from Xew Y~rk on the 6th 

or !'i'.1rch, FB ex0ect to re t•Jrn to '.foshl'l.~ton for a du.y or so to say 

&::ood-lJye. Of course tlrnre is no tlrnet.:~ble m:.iJe o:Jt, ;.Jut in any c· .. q=Je, o'l: 

l;irst stop will lJe in H·rnhL13ton. 

We now come to the q~estion of where to stay whlle in W~shlngton, and I 

do ho9e th~t you shall unJsrst~nd we, Eill, when I say t~nt we nnnrecl~­

tsd i1rimensely y0ur invitio.tion, b•1t we feel that we should not avo.1il 

ourselves of it, at l6'1Rt riot on our first arrival in 1::n.shi'.1r;to~. On 

oYJe h~ind, ·we fGel tb·it it ''l0~1ld not i.'e the ri~ht thi~1g, lrno·"inr: that 

Elizabeth h1rn h:id a very hard time most o~ this y·-onr, ::i.nd l<rio•·i'.1'7: <llso 

ho1.,• 11i;ficult Lt ls to c;et help. On the other hu:icl, we tbink tho.t 1·.•e 

sho'Jld keen as closr; as nossible to ln,~rid, whore we exnect to S'lend 

most of O'Jr tl·"e >-rhile in Washington, so ive h.·1ve as',~ed her to try to 

ITet ~ s~it~ble hotel acco~modJtion in their neightorhood. 

You know very well Dill t\1~1t we clo not pL1e for comforts like th·::rne 

offered by tlle de-luxe hotel's, btit rcither 1 .. 'e prefer homelike qu'·:rters, 

3.nd hadnt Lt been for Ingrid a.rid her i'~1mily, and had our stny ceen 

shorter, then v.re would not have hesitated. to desccnl 'Jo•n you! 

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,v"i th r~s·:rd to l3os olarn~, theee 1 would 1 ik:e to to.lk about 1-:i th you 

Hhen ~·:e meet in a mnnth"'s time • l wo•Jld not llk:e to t<Jlk U.L,;OUt 

busilfil.ess 1r1'itters at all in this little letter, e::-abept that l would 

ask you~ if there is :1ny special lnfor1~1:'.tlon you HOdld like i::e to 

or inE >-' l th we. 

Annie w1d I no\'1 1dsh you <J1d El lzcd::;eth all th:1t ls good .for the coruln£5 

Pew Year, go0d hsalth for you 0oth, ucove all! 

With love ancl affectionate wishes to you toth, from Annie 

and your olcl friend t-· 

PS: Bo's f•Jrth child :-irrived on the 19th, 

a very sturdy boy, so you will undGrPtu~d 

th.·1t i'IG are all v<:ry 'rL'.'i.opy about Lhis! 

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