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    "ocrText": "TRUMAN\nNARA\nProf. Selig Perlman\nSterling Hall\nMay 7, 1948\nUniversity of Wisconsin\nMadison, Wisconsin\nDear Selig:\nI have been back from Europe for almost two weeks now but as yet\nI haven't quite got my head above water.\nIt was a very worthwhile trip. I saw a large number - probably\ntoo many - of government officials, trade union leaders and Labor and\nSocialist Party functionaries and attended several conferences including\none in Luxembourg that the ITF held on the Marshall Plan. In addition,\nas a member of the Board of the Foreign Service, I looked into the Embassies\nat three of the other cities that I visited - Paris, London and Brussels -\npaying particular attention to our labor attache program.\nNeedless to say, the thing that struck me most was the fact that\nif American foreign policy is to have a chance to succeed we must got the\nsupport of the Socialist and trade union groups in Western Europe. I think\nit is fair to state that most of our top-level officials here and abroad\nseem to understand that fact, but, as I wrote Mark this afternoon, they\nstill don't seem to realize what it means in terms of actual action. (I\ncouldn't have handed put a better line myself than the one Caffrey, the\nAmbassador in Paris, gave me when I saw him there. Unfortunately, many\nof these same officials do not really appreciate what it is in our way of\nlife which can provide the bridge between us and these groups. On the\nother hand, one must also report that there is an amazing amount of ignorance\nabout the United States among our friends and potential friends in Western\nEurope.\nAt long, long last, I am able to report that I have made definite\narrangements to visit Madison early in June. I leave Washington the evening\nof June 8 to attend part of the ILO conference in San Francisco. I plan\nto spend the afternoon of the 9th and the morning of the 10th in Madison,\nand I need hardly tell you that I am looking forward tromendously to\nseeing you.\nThe Palestine situation rushes to its climax with the British\napparently still determined to frustrate, humiliate and, if possible,\ndestroy the Zionists. Events of the last two or three weeks indicate,\nhowever, that in spite of the British determination, they are doomed to fail.\nHannah joins me in sending much love to all the Perlmans. See you soon.\nVery sincerely,\nPhilip M. Kaiser"
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