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captain John A. Hiloken 

C/o Dot 11th Si~ Sor Co 

APO 828, c/o Postn.ster 

New Orloans, Louiaian& 

Dear Cn.ptain Ililcken: 

March lf, 1943 

Receipt or your lettcl" o: !!:l'.rch 6, is aclalowledced. 

I undorstend quite t'ully tb.o personc.l situation in· 

Which l!'OUr botter !"fllf rinC'.o herself n.ncl t..'link that a.tie 

has ~do tho proper cho:tco. 

I v:a.s 'CIUCh interestce ~n the notes you have written 

concerning your activities nntl ! do not knO\V whether o:r::f 

of' tho naterie.l which you bound U!> for transr.iission baa 

been roccivcd. 

Thincs arc stirrin~ around hero since wo have a !18W 

CO!:li.:"..o.ndinc Officer, Who rierhn.~9 you knm-:1 is Colonel 

Cordor!:l8ll. 

Z'r.e.nk you very riuoh for your tte.feronce to the Dorothy 

Sayers' book. "."iith.beet rer;o.rc!s, I a.":l 

Sincore ly yours, 

·.11111am :r. Friodmn 

Director or Commun.icationa 

Research 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 07-16-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 
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Dear Mr. Friedman:-

REF ID:A70GPB -. 

C/o Detachment 11th Signal Service Company 

APO 828, c/o Postmaster, New Orleai s, I.a. 

March' 6, 1943. 

I've been meaning to write you a note to te,11 you that I'd 

told Mary Lou of your offer for a position at the office, but since I've been 

back things have sort of been up in the air for me, and things at Mary Lou's 

home more or less the same way. 

The situation there, as I told you, has finally resolved itself with her 

mother \'fishing to stay at Eastville. That being the case, Mary Lou feels that 

she should be there too, so she has accepted a position with Fort Custis, in 

the office of the Post Engineer, I believe. Fort Custis is only a few miles 

from Eastville. 

To tell the truth, we'd hoped that I might get back to the States in the 

near future and for that reason, she hadn't gotten a job. However, it now seems 

that I'm here for the duration. 

Shortly after I got back, in fact the next morning, I ran into Mr. Levy 

who'd changed his job and was in another part of the building. I gave him your 

best and he was most interested in knowing how you were and what you were doing. 

-- Ju.st nine months after I arrived, I handed in the final report for our 

section. We burned most of the stuff we had accumulated and everything tnat 

was duplicated elsewhere down here. Some of the stuff I bound up for transmission 

back to you, but I don't know when it will be sent, if ever. In spite of the 

fact that we were never officially started, we've not been stopped either. 

After we busted up the plaoe, I stayed in my quarters a couple of days and 

then romped off to be Post Signal Officer at APO 829 while the man wa.s'in the 

hospital. However, he got himself out of the hospital four days after I arrived, 

so that all I got was a nice trip and a vague idea as to the physical layout of 

the post. 

When I returned 1 I was appointed Investigating Officer to catch some petty 

thieves and I'm still on their trails. I've not the slightest idea what I'm to 

do when this job is over. It's all very informal, since I've no offioe. I stay 

in my quarters and see people over my dining room table. It's a great life\ 

Mary Lou has asked me to thank you for your kind offer and she's ~ite 

sorry that things worked out as they did. 

Please give my best to Mrs. Friedman, and have you seen the Playfair 

solution in Dorothy Sayers' 11Have His Carcase 11 ? It's a book I found on the 

boat, and is Pocket Book #163. I sure wish I 1d had his insight when I hit 

the problem. 

Sincerely, 

~ Ww a. f .JJ~ 0