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Washington, D. C.
August 8, 1945
8:46pm
BEN COHEN to PRICHARD, who asked him if he had been talking to
JIMMY DUNN (State Department). COHEN said that he had been talk-
ing to the Honorable Judge (SAMUEL) ROSENMAN. COHEN mentioned
that PRICHARD had taken away his only house key and PRICHARD said
he was sorry about that. PRICHARD asked COHEN how his trip was
and COHEN replied that it was interesting, but that Berlin was
ghastly, with the smell of death all around. PRICHARD asked if
COHEN had seen DAVE. COHEN said he had seen him.
P--Did you see my friend HENRY ROY?
C--No, I didn't see him, I heard someone talking about him.
P--He's with DAVE.
C--No, he wasn' he didn't come around--- and I saw GEORGE BAUGH
(Phon ) and KEN GALBRAITH and NITZA (Phon.).
P--Did you see BERNIE BERNSTEIN (Phon.):
C--No. And, let's see
MARK HOWE (Phon.).
P--You saw STALIN. I saw you in a newsreel with him.
They then talked about a newsreel in the cabin of the ship in
which COHEN was the only one appearing without a coat and COHEN
remarked that being in the State Department hadn't changed him.
C--Well, now you see, in view of the development why I was eager
that you shouldn't go just now.
P--Why?
C--Well, I mean, I just don't believe the jap war will last so
very much longer.
P--Well, I wasn't planning to go this instant. That was just an
overstatement. I been talking about I talked to FRED
(VINSON) about October 1st.
C--Well, I mean, I was just disturbed, from your letter I thought
that you were feeling badly about what happened.
P--Well, I felt somewhat badly about that but there were other
reasons.
C--Well, I mean, what I had in mind, it's an open question what
is best after that. There's much to be said on both sides,
but the one thing I was a little worried about that I didn't
think being so near to the end that it was mundanely judic-
ious to go just now.
P--Uh, huh.
C--You see, I look at things only from my very fast point of view.
P--Uh, huh.
C--How are things going in War Mobilization?
PRICHARD said that things are going all right, that it is not that
they are going badly, it is just that they don't go at all much.
He said he gets along all right with his new boss, (JOHN) SNYDER
(OWM & R). COHEN asked if SNYDER was holding both jobs and
PRICHARD said that they had put old (LEON) HENDERSON in as acting
administrator again over at the other place. (At this point COHEN
was interrupted by a telephone call. PRICHARD asked if he had
been talking to TOM but COHEN said that it was not, although TOM
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