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Dutehess County, New York
Mr. Churchill does not have the same
kind of sense of humor that the Russians have.
In some ways the Russians are more like us.
They enjoy a practical joke, - and
have
play and they will joke about things which
Mr. Churchill thinks are sacred. He takes
them dead seriously and argues them
wise
when what he ought to do is to laugh. That
was where Franklin usually von out because
if you know where to laugh and when to look
upon things as too absurd to take seriously,
the other person is ashaned to carry through
even if he was serious about it.
You are quite right in believing
that the Russians will watch with great care
to see how we keep our commitments.
A runor has reached me that that
message from Mr. Stalin to you was really
received in plenty of time to have changed
the hour but it was held back from you.
Those little things were done to my husband
now and then. I tell you of this rumor
simply because while you may have known
about it and decided that it was wise just
not to receive it in time, you told me in
your letter that you did not receive it
and I have known of things which just did
not reach my husband in time. That is
one of the things which your Military and
Naval aides ought to watch very carefully.
Sometime when you have time, since
my son, Elliott, is in Washington now and
then, you might like to let him tell you
about what he learned of the Russians when
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