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    "ocrText": "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)\nFORM OF\nDOCUMENT\nCORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nMemo\n1. Subject: Alexander Barmine\n12/21/59\nC\nCharlie to RN\nFILE LOCATION\nSERIES 320: General Correspondence\nBOX: 63\nFOLDER: BARMINE, Alexander\nRESTRICTION CODES\n(A) Closed by Executive Order 11652 governing access to national security information.\n(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.\n(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.\nGENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nGSA FORM 7122 (7.72)\nalexander Barmine\n3802 Underwood st\nChevy Chase\nMd.\nautographed\nPicture\nch. G)), 22 R\nto\nSent 2/27/61\nTo Alexander Barmine with appreciation\nfor his service to the nation and with\nevery good wish\nReproduced Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nAPPENDIX\nRICHARD M. NIXON DEPOSITORY\n1\nDocument Control Sheet\nDocument removed, see entry number\n1\non Document Withdrawal\nSheet.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nCOPY\nSeptember 25, 1959\nDear Mr. Barmine:\nBarmine, Alexander\nI am enclosing copies of the letters 1 have today sent\nto the four people who assisted you in the translation of my speech\nfor the opening of the American Exhibition in Moscow.\nAs you know, I had hoped to be able to write to you and\nto your assistants immediately after my return from the Soviet\nUnion and Poland. However, the schedule has been even heavier\nthan usual and this is the first opportunity I have had to catch up\non some of my correspondence.\nEven though you were not with us on this trip, in my\nopinion, you were responsible in large part for the success it\nx-tra copy\nseems to have been. The few words and phrases which you taught\nMrs. Nixon and me made it possible to reach the people in each\nx-Russian trip\nfolder\ncity we visited. I believe we were able by just a word or two to\nconvince these people that we, representing all Americans, are\nsincere in our desire for peace and friendship. Consequently, I do\nwant you to know how deeply grateful I am for your patience and\nskill in teaching us as well as for your courtesy in coming to the\nhouse at our convenience.\nMrs. Nixon joins me in extending our thanks and our\nvery best wishes.\nSincerely,\nRN\nRichard Nixon\nMr. Alexander Barmine\n3802 Underwood Street\nChevy Chase, Maryland\nno\nrmw:rd\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nseat R, 59\nDear fir.\nYour tecretary obviously\nhisplaced this letter\nfinarely\n3802 Underwood st\nalfarm\nchevy clease up.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nPERSONAL\nIN FORMAL\nAugust 5, 1959\nMiss Rosemary Woods,\nExecutive Secretary to the Vice President,\nOld Senate Office Building,\nRoom 361,\nWashington, 25, D.C.\nDear Miss Woods,\nAt the request of the Vice-President, made on the\nday of his departure for Moscow, I am forwarding to\nyou the names of members of the staff of the Russian\nBranch of the Voice of America who worked with me\nthrough the night of July 21-22 on the translation of\nthe Vice-President's speech at the opening of the\nExhibition at Sokolniki:\nMr. Vladimir Mansvetov\nMr. Eugene Sokowski\nMrs. Caroline Slavin\nMrs. Tatiana Petrovsky\nThe Vice-President expressed his intention of\nsending personal letters to all those participating\nin this work.\nSincerely yours,\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nUNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY\nWASHINGTON\nPERSONAL\nINFORMAL\nAugust 5, 1959\nMiss Rosemary Woods,\nExecutive Secretary to the Vice-President,\nOld Senate Office Building,\nRoom 361,\nWashington, 25, D.C.\nDear Miss Woods,\nAt the request of the Vice-President, made on the\nday of his departure for Moscow, I am forwarding to\nyou the names of members of the staff of the Russian\nBranch of the Voice of America who worked with me\nthrough the night of July 21-22 on the translation of\nthe Vice-President's speech at the opening of the\nExhibition at Sokolniki:\nMr. Vladimir Mansvetov\nMr. Eugene Sokowski\nMrs. Caroline Slavin\nMrs. Tatiana Petrovsky\nThe Vice-President expressed his intention of\nsending personal letters to all those participating\nin this work.\nSincerely yours,\naBaruine\nAlexander Barmine\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nCOPY\nSeptember 28, 1959\nDear Mr. Barmine:\nI am certainly glad you sent a carbon\ncopy of your letter of August 5 to the Vice\nPresident's home because, somehow in the\ntremendous amount of mail we received\nimmediately following their return, your\nletter to me was misplaced.\nThe Vice President has dictated the\nenclosed letters and would appreciate your\ngiving them to the proper people.\nI thought you might like to know that\nhe has also written to the Director, George\nAllen, asking that he make this letter a\npart of their personal files.\nWith every good wish,\nSincerely yours,\nRose Mary Woods\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nCOPY\nSeptember 26, 1959\nDear George:\nAllen, George V.\nAs you are probably aware, several people in\nthe Russian Section of the Voice of America worked\nall night on July 21 so that my speech at the opening\nof the American Exhibition in Moscow could be trans-\nlated into Russian.\nI have written to each of these people and I\nwould appreciate your including the enclosed as part\nof their files.\nWith every good wish,\nSincerely,\nx-Russian trip\nfolder\nRichard Nixon\nHonorable\nGeorge V. Allen\nDirector\nUnited States Information Agency\nWashington 25, D.C.\nrmw:rd\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nCOPY\nSeptember 25, 1959\nDear Mr. Sokowski:\nSokowski, Eugene\nAs you can imagine, my personal correspondence\nhas suffered because of the heavy schedule 1 have been\nfollowing since returning from our trip to the Soviet Union\nand Poland.\nHowever, I meant to get a note to you before\nthis time to tell you how deeply grateful 1 am to you and\nyour associates for the efficient job you did in translating\ninto Russian myremarke for the opening of the American\nExhibition at Sokolniki. The fact that we were able to\ndistribute copies of my speech at the time of delivery\napparently had a lot to do with Pravda earrying the text\nx-tra copy\nof that speech.\nThe consensus of opinion seems to be that the\ntrip was at success and I wanted you to know how much I\nfile: Russian trip\nappreciat your cooperation in getting us off to a good start.\nWith every good wish,\nSincerely,\nRN\nRichard Nixon\nMr. Eugene Sokowski\nRussian Branch\nVoice of America\nbcc: Mr. George V. Allen\nMr. Alexander Barmine\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nCOPY\nSeptember 25, 1959\nDear Mr. Mansvetov:\nMansvetov, Vladimir\nI had hoped to get at note off to you long\nbefore this to tell you how very much I appreciated\nyour working through the night to see that the text\nof my remarks at the opening of the American\nExhibition in Moscow was translated into Russian.\nAs you undoubtadly know, Pravda carried\nthe text and we were told that probably they did so\nbecause we were able to hand out the speech in Russian\nat the time of delivery.\n1 will always be grateful to you and your CO-\nx-tra copy\nworkers for your splendid cooperation. It was this\nspirit which made the trip the successful one it was.\nfile: Russian trip\nWith every good wish,\nSincerely,\nRM\nRichard Nixon\nMr. Vladimir Manavetov\nRussian Branch\nVoice of America\nbcc: Mr. George V. Allen\nMr. Alexander Barmine\nNN\nrmw:rd\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nCOPY\nSeptember 25, 1959\nDear Mrs. Petrovsky:\nAlex Barmine has told me of your\nparticipation in the all-night job of translating into\nPetrovsky, Mrs. Tatiana\nRussian my remarks for the opening of the American\nExhibition in Moscow before our departure from\nWashington.\n1 had hoped to get a note off to you long\nbefore this time but, as you can imagine, since our\nreturn my schedule has been extremely heavy and my\npersonal correspondence has necessarily suffered.\nHowever. late as it is, 1 wanted you to know that I am\ndeeply grateful to you and your associates for your\npart in making our trip the success it seems to have\nbeen.\nx-tra copy\nWith every good wish,\nSincerely,\nfile: Russian trip\nR RN N\nRichard Nixon\nMrs. Tatiana Petrovsky\nRuarian Branch\nVoice of America\nbcc: Mr. George V. Allen\nMr. Alexander Barmine\nm\nrmw:rd\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nCOPY\nSeptember 25, 1959\nDear Mrs. Slavin:\nSlavin, Mrs. Caroline\nThis is a belated note to tell you how much\n1 appreciated the work which you did to make it possible\nfor my remarks at the opening of the American Exhibition\nat Sokolniki to be translated into Russian before our\ndeparture from Washington, 1 know this required at con-\nsiderable amount of hard work on the part of you and\nyour associates and I wanted all of you to know how\ndeeply grateful I am.\nAs you can imagine, the trip was a most\ninteresting and, at times, a difficult one. Being able to\nmake it possible for the people who attended the opening\nof the Exhibition to follow my speech as 1 delivered it,\nI believe, started us off on the right foot. Again, I want\nx-tra copy\nto express my appreciation for your valued assistance.\nRussian trip\nWith every good wish,\nSincerely,\nRN\nRichard Nixon\nMrs. Caroline Slavin\nRussian Branch\nVoice of America\nbcc: Mr. George V. Allen\nMr. Alexander Barmine\nrmw:rd\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library"
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