CHARLES A. RIEG ELMAN 

ARTHUR L.. STRASSER 

WALTER M. SCHWARZ 

GEORGE A. SPIEGEL.BERG 

WALTER J. F"RIED 

H.J. F"RANK 

L.ESL.IE A. JACOBSON 

JOHN F. FINN, JR. 

HERMANN E. SIMON 

WILLIAM I. RIEGEL.MAN 

LAURENCE ROSENTHAL 

SAM HARRIS 

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RiEGELMAN,S~RASSER,SCHWARZ & SPIEGELBERG 

160 BROADWAY 

NEW YORK 7 

Tl!:L.E.PHONE WORTH "'4-6500 

CABLE 11STER1c·r 

S. HENRY WERNER 

DANIEL M. BRAMS 

PHIL.IP B. WERSHIL 

LIL.LIAN S. COHEN 

AARON A. JANIS 

HOWARD D. WESTRICH 

ROBERT H. PREISKEL 

CHARLES L LEVIN 

July 8, 1949 wj:f s 

Mr. William F. Friedman 

424 No. George Mason Dr. 

Arlington, Va. 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

' 

Your letter received but un:fortunately 

I am on the eve o:f going away :for a period o:f two weeks. 

I have, therefore, taken-the liberty o~-turning the 

matter over to Herb Maas·. 

Best regards, 

Sincerely, 

eclassified and approved for release by NSA on 03-21-2014 

ursuantto E.O. 13526 

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Mr. Va.lter I. Pried 

160 Broadway · Nev York, Nev York 

Dear Wa1tez.2 

6 July 1949. 

I aat witillg to ask that.you do us a. b1t of a favor . in the vay ot some ra.tber saple eleu·thing. 

'rhe newspai)e:ra and motion piotul'ea bave been e&l"l'11ll8 

ator1e·s about lli.tle~'s yacht> the Grille, which vas bougbt 

recently by a. JDB.n named Geol'ge .Al'ida.. Be baa brought the 

ship to ?few York, Where it 1a on exhibition and I .1Mg1ne there is some adlliaa1o.u cbargo vhieb goes to cb&rity. . . 

. . . A recent article in the magazine Science Illusta.ted, 

I think, carried a. picture ot the interior ot the COil• 

mun.1.c&tionn room ot the J&Cb.t and thel'e a.re B •chines 

to be aeen 1 maybe also a l'1sh. The caption iiete:Pl'ed to 

"a doaen cod.1.n,g ma.chizles." 

Could you JIB.lee a visit and l•t ae lcnoV Ybat you 11ee 

oit can. discreetly find out about vha.t gadgets are et11l 

a.board, ot 1ntex-eat to ust · 

Wouldapp~c1At• early ~ply, 1t practicable,. 

. ·I hope this torl'it1c veatb.el' 18 not too d1tf1eult ror 

you and J'<nW t8.Jll1ly. llben are you ccaaing this vay age.int It vould be.nice to see 7ou. 

Jl&ny tbaiiks end best l'egal"da. 

Sin:;eNl7 7oui-a, 

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Mr. Walter J. Fried 

Riegelman, Strasser, 'Schwarz 

& Spiegelberg 

160 Broadwa.7 · New York 7, ~ew York 

.Dear 'Jalter: 

424 N. George Mason Drive 

Arlington, Virginia 

6. April 1949 . 

Just a few lines to tell you that I looked up the 

references you cited and found co'nsiderable of interest 

therein. The page reference 752 in 43 Col. L. R~ apparent- ly is in error and I do not know what it should be. However, 

there is a rather interesting article beginning 9n page 603 

in t~at volume. · 

It was awful.11' nice to see you and Mrs. Fried last 

Saturday night and w had ·an excellent time as your gueate. 

I hope that next time you come you will both be our guests. 

Just let me know a day or two in advance. 

Sincerely youra, 

5 

WILLIAM F. FRIEDMAN 

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Mr. &'s.lter J. Frie'd· 

Riegelman, Stra~ser, Schwarz 

& Spiegelber'' 160 Broadwq ,: 

New York 7, ~e• York 

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Dear Wal"tier.1 , 

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424 H. George Mason Drive 

Arlington, Virginia 23 larch 1949 

T~'you very muob for your letter of 21 larch and for 

the citat~ons contained. therein. I will have sonebody get them 

for me. ; · · '· 

My latest information with respect to th, date of arrival 

of Brigadier Tiltman is that he is due in Washington on the 29th 

of March •. ' When I got back to the office after our luncheon I 

called th'e local off ice explaining what you had in mind and the 

secretary of Pat Marr-Johnson said she would send a "signal" to 

Tiltman. I didn't hear allJ'i,hing further from her and .didn!t 

understand why she did not let me know the result thereof, but 

this aorning I found out from Marr-Johnson that Tiltman had received the message and had indicated acceptance. 

~e shall look forward to joining you and Mrs. Fried for 

dinner on 2 April &nd think that the Tiltmans will be there too. 

Sincerely yours, 

WILLIAM F. FRIEDMAN 

... 
CHARLES A. RIEG ELMAN 

ARTHUR L. STRASSER 

WALTER M, SCHWARZ 

GEORGE A. SPIEGELBERG 

WALTER J. FRIED 

H J FRANK 

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RIEGELMAN,STRASSER,SCHWARZ & SPIEGELBERG 

160 BROADWAY 

NEW YORK 7 

LESLIE A. JACOBSON 

JOHN F. FINN, JR. 

HERMANN E. SIMON 

WILLIAM I. RIEGELMAN 

LAURENCE ROSENTHAL 

SAM HARRIS 

TELEPHONE WORTH 4-6500 

S. HENRY WERNER 

DANIEL M BRAMS 

DHILIP B WERSHIL 

LILLIAN S. COHEN 

AARON A. JANIS 

HOWARD D. WESTRICH 

"!OBERT H. PREISKEL 

Mr. William F. Friedman 

424 No. George Mason Drive 

Arlington, Va. 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

March 21, 1949 

You may remember that at luncheon a 

CABL.E 11STERIC'" 

couple of weeks ago I mentioned my impression that there was 

a do~trine which the courts had enunciated which condemned 

overreaching where contracting parties are of unequal bargaining power. I asked one of our men here to find some authorities on this, and he has referred me to the following: 

Sxmposium op Compulsory Contrapts, 43 Col. L.R. 

569, ~ ., 

Economic Duress, 45 Mich. L.R. 253 

Holden v. Har<.\.17~ 169 U. S. 366, 397 

I am looking forward to seeing you the 

weekend after next. Don•t forget to try to get the Til:tma.n.s to 

join us if they are in town. 

Best regards. 

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. . 20 SE?:tEMBER 44 ~· · .. 

.. . I WAS VERY PLE,ASED· TO ~EIVE .YOU;R. LETi'.ER. OF .9 SEPTEUeER •. lESTERDAl •' 

·THE IULB .BOOI AaRIYED- AND .I AM VER! MUCH 'INDEBTED TO ):OU •. ·x HOPE IOU ARE 

.. ·'· • KEEPING A RECORD. -OF PURCHASES P'OR ]1Y ACCOUBT. IN ·CONNECTION .wrrH THIS LAST 

.· WORK OF ~LE'S,· I .THI18: I TOLD·YOU ZBA~. x RAN ACROSS !1' IR oua.-nn LIElaARY 

·AND HAVE 'l'HOMEJED 1

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HaoUGH ITS· PllGES. JCULLbACK '.i.'ELLS ME 1'HAT IT IS N:'.>'f A .. · · '.->GOOD. PIECE OF WORl ·AND I AM. RESE.Wil~ :JUJ)G.'l' Ulfi'IL. LJiTER, t'iFTER I HAVE . . · HAD A .CHABOE; "TQ D~ IN'fO lT M;)RE CAREFULLY.; 

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I • • ' ' . . . ' . . . . I DIDH 'T tai:ttt ·rH.t\·r ".J:vU WOUU> . .BE SCARED Oli'F ·BY. A "LI·rTLE .BIT OF COLD . 

. . .. WEA'l'HER AS FAR AS GOLF IS CONCERNED. AN PLl> ~Ji LIKE MYSELF ?LAYS II THE 

. Wilfl'ER .V,NTSSt I 'SAVE PLAYED !11 D~~ER AND JANUARY AROUND EERE. 

. I T~-- ~~ YOI1UO~ GROUP WILL STIUi -~ VlOBKINn WHEN IOU pET BAClt~ WE SUSPENDED OPERATIO.NS J>D.alNG THE SUMMER AND I &\VE IOT IE'I'-.R~COIVENED 

THE GROUP,. .AI;rHdubH VIE HAVE A -CERTAIN AMOUN~ OF IbM DA'rA' NOW AVAILABLE. 

HEaEWITH. I ··EX'~'EID AN'IIVITATION TO YOU ·To JOIN. THE GROUP ON YOUR .RETTJRI 

WliIOB OUGHT IO'l" ·ro BE TQt).'FAR OFF. I DO tfOT. UNPE..JtS'rAND WHY -YOU HAVE bEEN 

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THE Of'.IW t S $IGNA·l'1JRE A ·COUPLE OF LE·£'.L'ER I;f WHICH SOME. MENTION OR O"IllER 

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. flEER SET UP FOR :THE JOl:l AND IS GOiliG 'I'HROUGH THE MECHANICS OF· GE'l1'ING · 

. ·~DY. . BOW. MUCH OF AN OVERLAP THERE WILL BE, I ·DO_ NOT KNOW. I CAN IMAGINE 

. . TH.U ·YOU ARE llfXIOUS ·.ro HAVE IBFORMA.r~ON. . . . . · .. ' 0 I o 

THr.. DJ..TA WHICH YOU A1IB SENDING US. G~NrINUE To BE INTERESTING AND I m · · PP.ETTY DEARLY· SVF.RITfillG THA'f COMES i°HROUGB. · . SOME OF IT I UllDERS'fAID. KEEP 

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Liaison Officer; · - · 

GO & CS, · 

Bondon, England.. . · 

• Dear Captain Pried i ' I • o 

13 Sep~ember 44. 

. . ·an:e · ~t · th~ things wMch we .;,111·- be wanting when ~- u get back · 

here-will be a more or less detailed ~eport on the·h1~ory·, j>resen~ 

. organization~ tr9rk~- and achievements of GC. & CS. -We do not have .. up..:.to-date data-nor has- the account ever been set dom'ln-as 

detailed f'orm iia·.r think we··~holild have :it. we· would like to cover 

.·. · suoh items e.s the 1U.D.ner Jn :which t~e whole of ac· & -OS 111 $et ·up,· 

· . the d1ffer'91it".branches, the coordinating ·agen~ies, th~ ·intercept. 

-. 'and direction tin.ding stations, the f'aoiliti.es tor. getting the ·. · 

tratt1c·Q&ck,. th~ organiiation_or 8letchley Park, "ot Berkeley Str~et, 

. of Alf'ord li-.)Use, the ~ryptograpbic production: and security· organiza- ... tions, key i>ersonne1, relations iritlr ministries and the Joint Chiefs . · of Staff orianizati -n,. and any othex- item~ that ou think might be . useful 'in a detailed story~ 1fi th this end in view, I 11uggest that . ~·ou make copious notes which Qould be brought. back ·or. ·sent back. 

You will probably be.unable to cover much, -1.f' anything, of' the naval 

s:S:de o.f'._the. f.'h~, ·but on 'the 4tter .we prqbably can get. ·materiaf rroui 

our la.Vi, hereJ.in f'ac~, theJ-·have a rather good-.a:ooount which was 

written a couple of years-ago, ,£nd which they .will pFobe.bly bring 

··up to d•te. I :realize :that this is ·quite an a~•ignni.ent, but do the 

best you c~ in the ~pare time ;·ou can make ·av~~lable. · . . 

Aa you.mow ·a· n~Qe:r of our pe1!ple have 'been to BP and BS trom· 

AH, and their reports are available, blit as time p8. ~es cban{_es are 

made due to the development or new ideas or a change -~ ~he procedures 

·and habits or "the=-ejiemy-~ Consequently, there are probably many new . things or· inter~st that are not.~vailable here. I do not believe it 

advisable ~o make·an· externally appare~t effort to_oollect: t~_data 

or to bother the people in the organization too much.· Already some 

ot our people have made d~tailed inquiries on some subjects and should . that be frequently· repeated it might well be annoying. Better r~sults 

can probably be obt~iDed by merely getting a'th9rough·-wlderstand1ng 

·. · or the organization in your no~ .work. . . · · ·· · · . 

. . ·fir. Small is anxi · .. us to .get underwa; and I think he sho\&ld in a 

ccuple _or weeks·. ·. ·· 

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• REF ID.:A70067 .• 

CAPTAIN WALTER J·. PRIED, .09220~MR. WM. F. FRIEDMAN, 

SSD, HQ. 1 ETOUSA 

APO 887, c/o POSTMASTER, 

NEW YORlt CITY, NEW YORK. 

. ,932 llILITARY RD. I N'. w. ,. 

WASHINGTON 15, D. C. 

5 ~UGUST 1944. 

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR NICE LETTER OF 13 JULY. I DELAYED 

REPLYING TO IT BECAUSE I WAS AWAITING THE RECEIPT OP THE EWING 

BOOK: AND -THE REPRINT OF THE BIOMETRIICA ARTICLE~ . BOTH OF THESE 

ARRIVED JUST THIS . MORNING AND·. I HASTEN TO THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY AND TO ASK YOU TO XEEP A MEMO AS TO WHAT YOU. SPEIT ·FOR 

THEM, S~-THAT I MAY. REPAY YOU WHEN YOU RETURN.-

I HAD A LETTER RECENTLY FROM OOJlllANDER. DENNISTON IN WHICH 

HE TELLS ME THAT HE.GOT FROM YOU A FIRST-CLASS LESSON Dl GOLP AND 

THAT YOU· ARE "AN IMPRESSIVE PLAYER". BE ALSO THANKED ME POR THE 

THREE BALLS WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN 'GOOD ENOUGH TO CARRY OVER FOR D. 

THANKS ABAIN FOR THAT COURTESY. · 

I AM 'GLAD THAT YOU ARE ST.ILL ENJOYING YOUR JOB AND I '!'BIR 

BY THIS '!'DIE YOU WILL HAVE HAD SOME.WORD ABOUT A POSSIBLE RBPLACEllEBT. SOME DAY I •LL TELL YOU THE DETAILS. . 

THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG VERY. NICELY, BUT THE WEATHER HAS 

BEEB AS 'HOT BEBE AS. IT BAS BEEN COLD OD RAINY AT YOUR PLACE• WE 

HOPE FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT VERY SOON NOW. 

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO LEARN THAT I HA.VB ORGANIZED A GROUP· 

TO WORK ON THE VOYNICH · (ALLEGED ROGER BACOB) MANUSCRIPT. DUKEY IS 

IN IT. 'WE CARRY IT ON AS AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY. YOU IU.Y 

WANT TO TAKE A HAl'tD LATER.· . 

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING LOUISE FAIRLY FREQUENTLY AND SHE SEEKS 

TO BE BEARING UP U:nDER .YOUR ABSENCE• WE ABE· GOIBG TO ~ A-If CLUB 

IN A PARTY 'WITH BER TONIGHT. 

, WITH VERY BEST REGARDS, I AM, ' ' I ' ' 

SINCERELY :JOURS, .. 

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CAPT. WALTER J. FRIED, 0922050, MR. WILLIAM F. FRIEDMAN, 

SSD, HQ., ETOUSA, 

APO #887, c/o POSTMASTER, 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK. 

3932 MILITARY ROAD, N.W., 

WASHINGTON 15, D. C. 

6 JUNE 44. 

DEAR WALTER: 

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LETTER OF 20 MAY. I HAVE A LETTER 

FROM DENNISTON IN WHICH HE INDICATES HIS SATISFACTION AND PLEASURE 

IN HAVING YOU, AND ALSO A HIGH REGARD FOR YOUR KEENNESS. 

I EXPECT THAT YOU ARE SEEING SOMETHING OF R AND ARE GETTING 

THE LATEST EVENTS ABOUT US FROM HIM. 

WOULD YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH TO TRY TO OBTAIN A COPY OF A REPRINT 

OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE FOR ME. MAYBE FELBY CAN HELP YOU: OK 

SENTENCE-LENGTH AS A STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF STYLE IN PROSE: 

WITH APPLICATION TO TWO CASES OF DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP--BY G. UDNY 

YULE, VOLUME XXX,, PARTS III AND IV, BROMETRIKA, JANUARY 1939. 

BY THIS TIME I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TRY OUT ONE OR 

TWO GOLF COURSES. YOU MAY BE PLEASED TO KNOW 'T'HAT MY GAME HAS 

IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY, BUT YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I THAT THIS IS A 

TEMPORARY STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THAT OBNOXIOUS SO-CALLED SPORT. 

EVERYBODY SENDS VERY BEST REGARD~. 

SINCERELY,, 

WILLIAM F. FRIBDMAN. 
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SPSis· 201-Pried, Walter J. 

HEADQUARTERS ARLINGTON HALL STA~ION 

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' . Captain Walter J. Pried, 

S.8.A. L~iaon Otticer, 

a c & c· s,· . London, . England. 

Dear Captain Frieda 

ARL.INGTON. VA. 

SPSIS-3 

From t1ae to time the .technical reports which 7ou b&Ye 

been sending us are brought to mf attention and I wa.nt to tell 

you how mue~ I as well ae many others at Arlington Hall appreciate the good work 7ou batre been doing .in keeping us so vell 

1nt'oraed tecbn1c&ll7 regarding the illan:f important phases ot 

the act1v1t1ee at GO & cs. Not onl7 1• th• trequenc7 with 

which 7ou submit reports appreciated, but alao foltr :painstaking attention in setting torth technical detail• and tact• is ver7 

helptul. 

B7 agreement with the Nav,r it waa recently decided that 

SSA and OP-20-G 11&11on personnel to GO & CS 1ho11l.d be authorised 

to ooD.ter trequentl7, 1n order that both aerv1c•• may jo1Dil7 benefit b7 the preaence or 11&1aon otticera to that organisation. There will &110 be an exchange ot teoba1cal reports aubmit\ed, '9nd this exchange vill take place 1n Washington. B7 tre'119nt 

•on••ltat1on between liaiaon ott!cers on the apot and b7 such 

aa exchange ot ~eporta it is hoped not on17 to cover the·tield 

mo•• ac:lequately but also to give our Brit1sh allies one ~ore 

ind1cat1.cm ot tb• existing closenesa or United States APmJ and 

Xavr eooperation and collaboration in the vhole t1eld. 

In connection Vitb 7olll' replaceaent some time 1n th• tall, coneidelo&tion 1e being gi••n to proTiding a civilian as a replace- ••nt. I would appreciate your vi•v• as to the dea1r&b1l1tJ or 

making 1ueb a eelect10A, especially troa tbe viewpoint ot hie 

aeoeptab111t7 and ability to do the j6bt. proTidiag ot ecurae h• 

11 teebnic&ll7 qual1t1ed. 

W1th kind.eat 'personal regards, I .. , 

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Lear f.altel"z . ' 

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Your letter ot )l.January 1950 enclosing a review ot Alexa..~der Foote's b~ok sh~uld.have been answered a long time 

ago but I think rou ·know ·tha~ I have been 111 anti that is the 

reason for. the dela.7. I am ba~k·at ~y desk now and feel very much better. Yesterdq we bad a . love]3 day," the first one 

in a long tizne and I played 18 holes or golf. I wasn't too 

tired after it. · · · 

Next time· you come down here· I want you to be sure to 

give me a call •. I miss seeing: YO~ occasional}J'. 

'. · · I should have said in the first ·part Or this letter that 

I read Foote's book and thou~ht that he did a pretty good 

·Job. I think there is mGre t:rii.th iQ his· book than in almost 

any othor one ot this t.ype that I ~e read. · The.nk you for 

keepinz me in mind and it you run across any other things in 

which you think I would have an interest receipt ot such itns 

will be much appnciated. · .· . . :'i:l:th very best regard.a, I am · 

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'932 M111tar7 Road 

Wash1ngto!1 15, D. C. 

October 12, 1945 

· On.., return from Europ•· some weeks ago, .I.was vel'J 

pleased·to find J'OUl' let'ter ot August 28, and I have meant 

to anaver it.long betore this. ~ b&ve ~turall7 been bus7 

and on top.ot this I bave·not been teel1ng too well because 

ot a bad cold.and a strained back. · . . 

I do want to 1a7 that.I appreciate ver)' much 7our 

coUltteous vorda ot thank• tor Vh&t 11t~le I waa able to 

do b7 va7 ot getting J'OU in and O\lt ot the Arm.7 and whatever little things that I did while J'OU were 1n •. I can 

assure 7ou ~bat I enjo7ed bav1ng 7ou as a friend and associate, and I m1sa.7ou verr much. 

· Last evening we bad the pleasure of being· guea ta tor 

dinner with Qaptain and Mrs~ 8•4back. 'lb.e7 are nov settled 

·1n their own apartblent and are ver7 bapp7. We viah that we 

bad known how up against it the7 were tor quarters when Lou 

came back because ve did have plent7 or room tor them, eapeciall7 when Elizebeth .vaa all alone. . · 

. I will be ver7~P1lJ: to hear trom J'OU and to learn 

bov tour peraoml reorientation is coming.along. 

Wi'th ver7 beat.regards, I am, 

Sincerel.7 7oure, 

Mr. Walter J. ·Pried · 160 Broadva~ · 

Rev York, Bev York 
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August 28th,- 1945 

Mr. William F. Friedman 

SSD - HQ - USFET {Rear) APO 887, c/o Postmaster,N.Y. 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

I suppose you have heard by now, through channels, that I am out of the Army. I reached New York 

yesterday and although already ensconced in my office, 

have not yet done any work. I find that there are a 

great many odds and ends involved in getting settled, 

and.a they are not by aey means completed as yet. 

I had dinner with Mrs. Friedman about ten 

days ago and saw her again for cocktails (with Herbert 

----Maas.s}-- -the-day pef"ore -I -left Washington-.- ·We had-a: very· -- enjoyable time ·on both occasions. Confidentially, she 

misses you. I saw some pictures or you in?un1£orm, and 

you certainly looked healtlly:.and happy. 

I want to tell you how much !'appreciate 

not only the help you gave me in getting out of the Army, but also all you did for me while I was in. I ~ very happy to be out, but additionally happy that the Japanese 

war ended before the actual date of my release. I am in 

hopes that being out will substantially facilitate the 

settlement of ~Y personal af£airs. 

Mrs. Friedman promised that whenever you get 

to New York yo~. will get in touch with me. At the moment 

_ I am living at my mother's apartment, 1130 Pa.rk Avenue, 

Sacramento 2-7663 1 but don't know how much longer I will be 

there. However, I can also be reached at my office, Rector 2-

0688. On the other hand, if I come to Washington, I shall 

certainly get in touch with you and hope I will be able to 

see you. 

I don't know if you are going back to ~ngland, 

but if you do, please give my kindest regards to my many good friends there. 

Sincerely, 

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Capt. 'Walter J. Pried, 0922050 Wm/ F. Priedm&n 

SSD BQ ETOUSA - 4000 Lee Boulevard 

APO #887 

c/o Postmaster, Bew ?:ork Arlington, Va. 

Dear Walter: 

Thank 7ou ver7 much for 7our letter or 21 April which arrived 

about 10 da7s ago. I vas extremel1 pleased to receive 7our 

congratulations. 

It is good to know that 7our vork continues to be taac1nat1ng. I lmew tba t 1 t would be so and 11' an7th1ng t'ba_t I wrote and 7ou · bad a chance to read betore leaving vaa belptul, a11 J'OU indicate 

in 7our letter, the pains to which I vent in setting torth a 

connected narrative are well repa14. I bave been reading 7our 

stutt and viah to indicate m7 appreciation ot the aort ot job 7ou 

are doing. lteep up the good work even though I know that 7ou 

are doing it at considerable· effort. I realize.how much ground there is to cover and I knov that JOU are not f1D41ng m&J17 spare momenta. 

I presume thi&t bJ this time J'OU have_ met -"T:" and· I hope 7ou will ~ike him as much as ve do. 

I thl-eatened to call up Lolli•• to· pl.&7 golt-vtth •· She . bas agr•ed to do so and: I think· 1 t vill be nice to pla7 occa111cmall7 

atter work. I aaw·her last Pr~~7 night at a card part7 at the 

A.O. Club. She didn't" do much card pla71ng nor did.I, but ve sat 

around and talked. She seems quite vell. 

With best regards, I am, 

Sincerel7 1our11, 
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. Tha.nk yqu '.very_ mUCh fo~:.· your ·ie·tt~r . or. 2 April• · I am gl~d th& t 

gou _a.r~ finding· th~ngs ·SO· 1!-tte~esti.ng. What you .say· about ypur· adm1ra~ion for your a.seocia.tes dQes not ·astonish·me at all and' ·fro~ the very f·irs~, I .recognizeq: ,-tliat they were. indeed more grown _ · up than we_. ·We rea.lly have a great ·deal to learn from theni and 

I .lmow that. yo~ -will maic.e ·the.· very. best of··youb present· opportuni- . ties. I found ·_them extre~~ly easy to get ·along with and I know · thB.t you v_ill·-too. · · · · :- · · . . · ' " ~: " 4 • .. ' I 4 ~ • o " 

· · · . No dp~ot ·Louise .ha:s · t~ld ·you ·or ·iny ·v1s·1t a· ·couple 

.- . · a.go_ whi~h. I -en_joyed very mu~h.- ·I sa.w h~r,, 1nc1.den~ly,, 

day ·when -I was· ove.r ~t the club t.o- play.~ little golf; 

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I ·have be'an-' seeing· some of y.·c,-ur· ~ep.Or'.ts a~d :r·1n ·them 

interesting,, that. is,, what I· can ·~derstand of .. them. Some of. -~he stuttf ·.is 'pe_:rfec'tly unintel·l~gible,, otit that is my_ fault. 

. Things are ~oving a lons here.-~ boμt _'.a·s usual. ·. I_ think you. · - _will'- ~con ·~see. a friend of yours_ -from ·here who is coming over-· 

f_or .a short :visit-, - ·I suppose· y:o.u know .. that Dumey ·got a couple · of be.rs la.s-t· week~ This pleas·ed me._a.s ~uch:-8:~ 1t.·~~d him perhaps. 

Wfll ·yol:J. -be good enough- _to _con:~ey my qo:rd'ial gree.tings t.o 

a.11 of my friends there? · .Th~y might· ·be +nterested to lmow,, if 

they don.•t a).ready,, t~t I was _recently ·t~e recipient of the highest·a~ard for civilian service. ·rti ad~ition'to th~ honor 

·r also got ·an-au~-omatic ·1nerease· in pay ·w"Qich,· __ of course·,, was· 

an additlona1.:item ·of pleasure. · . I I I " '," ' 

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