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lir. David Kahn 

Windsor Gate 

Great Neck, New York 

Dear Lir. Kahn: 

424 North Georae Mason Drive Arlington~ Virginia 

19 August 1949 

Thank you for your letter ·or 13 August. I am ~lad you 

enjoyed the intel"riew but I'd rather you wouldn't do any boasting 

about it anywhere. 

~ith regard to the.matter or straightening out my collection 

of books, I a~ sincerely appreciative of your otter of assistance 

but for a number of reasons I am not.able to accept your offer. 

fuoreover, I fear that a good deal inore time than either of us ~ealizes will be· required for the. job and I am goin3 .to spread 

the work over the ensuin~ few months, after cooler weather is 

back again. · 

Thanking you once ~ore, I am 

Sincerely yours, 

WILLIAl~F. FRIEDMAN 

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Ir. D&Y14 xahn 

Windaor ·Gate . 

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Great Neck, Nev York 

Dear .Ml'. l'abn: 

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,9,2 Jl111t&17 Road, 1' .W. 

Washington 15, D. c. 

11&7 15, 1946 

Rece_ipt ot 7our letter ot 11&7 12 1a acknowledged. I vaa 

verJ ao~ not to b&ve bad the time to eee 7ou vben JOU •ere 

in Washington. 

The permiaaion 7ou desire in connection Yith'tbe m1crot1lma to be made tor JOU or certain articles ih the Signal Corps Bulletin v111 have to be granted, it posaible,- b7 the 

Chiet Signal Otticer, tor this 1a a matter Ybich cannot be 

decided b7 me. I suggest. therefore, tbat you addl-eas a 

letter to the Chief Signal Otticer of the Arm7; VaabJ.ngton 25, 

D. o., stating 1our desire, and in due co'Ul'•e 7ou v111 receive 

vord directly trom b.1JI. 

verr tru17 rours, 

WILLI.All P. PRIBDIWf 

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) ~s ruauestcd ( ) RecommGndation 

}. Concu;.rcnco or colllliEnt( ) ~turu.if approvud 

Infb &- forwardi!-;.rs ( vrYo~r o.ction by ----

Infur:.:.ation 6c. ... ·oturn. ( · ) Ir1fo upon whicl:;. to b~.:><;; 

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N-.w York 

c'olon~l William F. Friedman Offic~ of th~ Chi~f Signal Offic~r 

War n-.partm~nt 

Washington 25, D. ~. 

D-.ar Colon-.1 Fri~dma.n, 

May 12, 1946 

J3efore I g~t down to busin~ss, I would lik-. to thank 

you VP.ry much for allowinG m~ th~ privilAge of sp~aking to you 

OVP,r th~ tP,l~phonP. while I was in Washington. It was ind~P.d an 

honor for you to allow me to sp!!ak to such as busy. man as you. 

Thq busin~ss I spok~ of pr~viously is rather simpiP.. 

A fP.w days aftP.r ord-.ring·somP. microfilms to bA mad~ for 

mA in th~ Library of Congr~es, I rec~ived an ord~r form oh which 

was typqd my ord~r. This ordqr consisted of the following 

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NumbP.r~ Issuo, Y-.ar, and Pag~s of Thq Signal Corpe Bull-.tint 

No. Issue YP-ar Pas~s 

75 Nov-n~c 19~3 2!'3-44 

76 Jan-J'qb 1934 30-42 

77 :Mar-Apr 1934 37-54 

78 May-Jun 1934 50-65 

79 Jul-Aug 1934 44-61 

80 Sep-Oct 1934 49-75 

86 Nov-D!!!C 1934 51-69 

101 Jul-S-.p 1938 35-48 

106 Oct-:n~c 1939 33-48 

Typ'!d on the order was th-. following 

NOTE 1 This material may n'ot b-. rll!produc ed without 

writtP.n prP.mieeion'lii'ving be 0 n r~c~iv~a by~ 

this office from the Offic~ of th~ Chief 

Signa.i Offic~r, Was Departm~nt, Wash. 25, DC. 

I am now writing for that 9~rmiseion. I would gr~atly 

aypr-.c ia t" it and thank yon if I could get it from you. .Won't you 

pl-.ase .sqnd it by ri::aturn mail? Thank you. 

.Yours truly, 

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David Kahn