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January 2, 1950 Dear Jim: Thanks very much for your good letter of the fifteenth, with the attached copy of the telegram to the Secretary of State. I appreciate very much what you are doing and I am sure that you will set this program on a practical and sound basis. Sincerely yours, ARCHIVES s. RECORDS NATIONAL AND : SERVICE JARRY TRUMAN Honorable James Bruce American Embassy Rome, Italy note in langbard Ltr. mailed to of Honorable Bruce Happy new year! James Director Mutual Defease Assistance Room 423 State Annex 5 Department of State Washington, D. C.