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Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt The Park Sheratom Hotel 202 Filty Sixth Street West F New York 19, N. Y. ARCAIVES AND SERVICE" SIGNATURE January 8, 1953 Dear Mr. President: There seems to be a Jinx on my getting to Washington! I have completely lost my voice and decided that the weather was not propitious for going down to Washington today. This means I will not see you and Mrs. Truman before the twentieth, I am afraid, and so I want to send you this line to tell you how grateful I am for all you have given me in the way of opportunit- les for service in the UN in the last few years and to wish you relief from the burdens of state which I know have been overwhelming and an interesting and happy life from now on with many satis- factions. Very cordially yours, Thana Porseult stene