SANFRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA,U。S。A。
September5,1933
HerrnMartinSchulse
Deutsch-VoelkischeBank
undHandelsgesellschaft
Munich,Germany
DearMartin:
Enclosedareyourdraftandthemonth'saccounts。ItisofnecessitythatIsendabriefmessage。GrisellehasgonetoBerlin。Sheistoodaring。Butshehaswaitedsolongforsuccessshewillnotrelinquishit,andlaughsatmyfears。ShewillbeattheKoenigTheater。Youareanofficial。Foroldfriendship'ssake,Ibegofyoutowatchoverher。GotoBerlinifyoucanandseewhethersheisindanger。
ItwilldistressyoutoobservethatIhavebeenobligedtoremoveyournamefromthefirm'sname。Youknowwhoourprincipalclientsare,andtheywilltouchnothingnowfromafirmwithaGermanname。YournewattitudeIcannotdiscuss。Butyoumustunderstandme。Ididnotexpectyouwouldtakeuparmsformypeoplebecausetheyaremypeople,butbecauseyouwereamanwholovedjustice。
IcommendmyrashGriselletoyou。Thechilddoesnotrealizewhatarisksheistaking。Ishallnotwriteagain。
Goodbye,myfriend,
Max
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