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CO SUMMARY Washington, D. C. June 26, 1945 8:52am CORCORAN to Senator CLAUDE PEPPER at his home. Asks him if they should arrange to go down to meet WILLIAM PAULEY (Phon.) this week-end. PEPPER can't make it as he is leaving for Chicago Thursday where he is to speak on Friday night. PEPPER said he had to leave now as he is to meet WELCH POLK (Phon.) at his office this morning and is late. CORCORAN said, "That sounds like good news. Let me know what he tells you. 9:40am CORCORAN'S office unable to reach MR. SHER who won't be back for an hour. 10.00am NATHAN GREEN in New York unable to reach CORCORAN. CORCORAN is to call Operator 97 in New York when he returns. 10:44am MR. JOHN CAHILL, in New York City, to CORCORAN. CORCORAN asked if JOHN will be in for the next two days. He will be in tomor- row afternoon, 6/27/45. CORCORAN is coming to New York today and will try to see JOHN tomorrow after lunch. CORCORAN asked if the "firing of the regional administrator will make the BOYD (Phon. ) situation any tougher or easier?" CAHILL said he doesn't know. They will discuss it tomorrow. 10:58am WRIGHT to MR. McVAY, State Department, Ext. 738. WRIGHT said that O'KEEFE wasn't able to get a visa from the British for 3 or 4 weeks and that he can't wait that long; that his compet- itors, "those of the chosen race, If have already gotthere. WRIGHT said that THOMAS COOK & SON have secured a seat for O'KEEFE on the Pan-American Clipper leaving tomorrow which goes to Portugal, and that all that is needed now is a letter from MRS. SHIPLEY (Passport Division of the State Department) to the Portuguese Ambassador asking that O'KEEFE be given a Portuguese visa; that THOMAS COOK & SON personally delivered a letter to MISS DAVIS in MRS. SHIPLEY's office last Saturday requesting that such a letter be written to the Ambassador, and WRIGHT wants McVAY to follow it up and get the letter out in a couple of hours and WRIGHT will have someone pick it up and deliver it to the Ambassador who is just waiting for the letter so he can make a telephone call to the Consul in New York. McVAY will do so. 11:05am BILL YOUNGMAN from Manchester (no state given) advised MRS. BEHAN that he will return to Washington Thursday on a plane leaving Boston at 8 P.M. He asked that she advise FOWLER HARPER that he is returning Thursday. CORCORAN then came on and said, "Is this the guy that overthrew the Kuomingtan (Phon.) govern- ment by complaining against the censorship and withdrawing the