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oa SE ae ei ae August 16, 1941 ACH IS , , MEVORANDUE It is corfidentially renorted that Hovard Xershner, American Yriends Service Cor-rittea, varseilla, corresnonded with tho frorican Fricrds Service C ttee, 20 South i2th Strest, Chiladelohia, Pennsylvania, by letter dated fcril 15, 1941, tive to finsneial tramcactions of tha i dzorican Friends Service Comittoa. A brief sucrary of the contents of this letter, according to the confidential scurce, 1s as folloass ®tas alroady cabled, we have purchasod Seios Francs £00,000 worth of wilk in Sritzerland and wa hone yon have by tits tice rady payment. va san also tuy for inoedate shipcont one million Cvise francs worth of rilk, cheese, and reat, if you advise that the money ie available to cake payment. . “as I hava cabled, we ouzht to have five million France coon, not only to pay fcr the dried ve: lea which aro payable in French Francs, bat to send one million french trance to the ich fellef Cumiittes and to get up a proser recerve for our operations in this rons, as se have alre«diy one in the other zona.! “Addressces are on M.5,7%, 'Gt Ho. 2 List U.S.A. Totnils eiven of the distribution of 20 callons of vitamins representing 21 nillion doses %© French children in couthern France. It is further reported thot Howard Yershner arain corresponded with the Anerican : nis Service Comittee by letter dated svril 29, 1941, Telative to feod purchases. 4 trief summary of tha contenta of this letter, according to the conticontial source, ia as follows: “American Friends Service Comittee Food Purchases. = Extracts: *tRolet has just returned from Portural. It i9 a preat pity if we are not sllowsd to pay for the fosda be purchased there. =o boucht these suoplies as ruch cs 25% urder the present market ~ curiines for hich ean hocu. Ang to-day in Lisben at 2.35. Jha surplicrs are still * ences “exiting for cur Pet will creoebly not wait cuch lon-er. Holst “ ——~roports that the Dritish officials in Lisbon wore swer7 cercisl and willing sleww® ——encuch for us to have the goods but that the roal difficulty eppeared to vane him to be in Vashingtons! pr tees ~ EOE { lra- [fi to LiX —_—__ ' sire Swiss nilk situation, We could not azoly for permission to * + tan Sake this cilk out of cottcerland until we had placed firm orlers.. Som ‘etm pos . i usorcya _aen Coated aa a s, 2 i Coens as Raven ghee Fis: