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498161326
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Telegram from Fred and Christine Wallace to Bess W. Truman
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498161326
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Telegram from Fred and Christine Wallace to Bess W. Truman
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Bess W. Truman Papers
Family Correspondence Files
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17
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1941-07-17
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1941
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WESTER
1201
SYMBOLS
CLASS OF SERVICE
DL=Day Letter
This is a full-rate
Telegram or Cable-
NT=Overnight Telegram
gram unless its de-
ferred character is in-
UNION
LC=Deferred Cable
dicated by a suitable
symbol above or pre-
NLT = Cable Night Letter
ceding the address.
R. B. WHITE
NEWCOMB CARLTON
J. C. WILLEVER
Ship Radiogram
PRESIDENT
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination
KA484 49 NT =TDK INDEPENDENCE MO 16
1941 JUL 17 AM 12 34
MRS HARRY S TRUMAN=
4701 CONNECT ICUT AVE NW WASHDC=
WE ARE AFRAID OUR LETTER WAS A LITTLE HASTY AND
CONF
US
ING
TO
YOU. WE WERE SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED. THINK NOW ITS BEST WE GO
WEST SATURDAY AS PLANNED. WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CHECKING UP
IF YOU CAN ON SIT UAT IONS WE WROTE OF . LETTER CAME TODAY NICE
ENCLOSURE. ALL WELL HERE LOVE=
FRED AND CHR 1ST INE.
TRUITAN is NARA GRIND
THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE