REF ID A63909 - 7 January 1955 Mr Jorie c w B'agelin A I Cryptoteknik rordent chtsvagen 62 EO 3 3 h 2 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 Stockholm 30 1 Sweden Dear eor1e1 thanks tor your letter ot 31 December l 954 and especially tor your invitation to 'Vioit you in Zug Although I had hoped to ake the v1ait during thi 9 month atter the 15th I tilld now that it will be preterable tor me to p l D it tor the month Febrt 1ar1 M1' recovery trom the eeige ot intluenza baa not been oo rapid u I bad counted on and while l am at the ottice every now I think it wouJ d be better I postpone rmlting the trip by- air until I have t ul JJPY recovered 2'ld return to Zug 11 1n great tora as you aa ' 1 to that I can the better en 1oy 'llt'J' vioit v th you Aleo 70u plan to be e wwq around the end ot this month and I would not want 'OU to have to ake preparations f'or r esaure whiQh aence t rate poe pone oecond rq v o v ph In any oaae or I Ul ng ao ca aure that vbatever the reault ot our meetina vi ll 9# I becaUae tllf -19 llll truat l OIU 1111 1 i'QPI Oil OGA I 11llill w11 Ji opect to our Ct maob1 nea on order lot all ot them call tor t c plaentar r devico eul 1n taot ae I und erotand it the eecotld or4er tor eight 0-52 ochines call tor the mchineo pl us the varioua alternate pa rte llmd item tor converting them to CX-52 it dead red Kow I d On' t think thia or4er cal le tor the complementary teature lit tbat it 1'1lled at once completion ot thia order would ouit wa tine i d the Ye #naJ JJPY 11d at laaton what cut1DS ott or a burd e 1 abiplJ8d 31 fJecember to the proapiative publiahera u4cr1pt ot book 1 l oprnved for Release bv - SA on 06-19-2014 pursuant to E O 135i9 - EO 3 3 h 2 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 I aaaume it wil1 be several months bef'ore we hear trom them Toward the encl ar the job I f'elt that I could have and ahoUld have devoted that effort to a more worthy opus but I might be wrong We shall know soon at any rate I It the weather is propitious when I get to maybe I'll take a tew days' holiday and go aouth to seazy or to the Riviera What do you say to coming aJ ongt I conveyed your regards to my 11boas 11 who reciprocates with a ll good wishes ror the Nell Year Looking forward to seeing you all soon I em SincereJ 7 WILLIAM P s t FRIE1l4AN I forgot to tell you that very recently Mias Barth got worried about the year being up soon for her job I took e n intereot e nd got her fixed up so she doesn't have tbat worry now _ __ ___ _ This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu