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GALE 
There Is a bitterly oold wiad blov/ing 
flurries of snov/ as I v/rite and when you 
receive this you may, very likely, be expe- 
riencing the same in VVashington as I did last 
December. I suppose 9.11 the city is dressed 
up for Christmas. Washington uertainly pre- 
sents a most striking festive appearance du- 
ring Decem.ber, and I can safely wish you and 
yours a very Merry Christmas, beacause I know 
you can't escape the Xmas Spjjit in Washington. 
If you must write officially sometimes, 
please pencil a memorandum with a little 
bit of official gossip of v/hat's going on 
in that center of international and national 
political market. 
With kindest regards and best wishes. 
