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THAT THIS WAS NOT BECAUSE OF MYSELF PERSONALLY. OBVIOUSLY THE 
 
COURTESIES WERE INTENDED XXX AS MARKS OF RESPECT TO YOU AND TO
 
THE UNITED STATES OR IN ANY EVENT TO ME AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
 
CARRYING WORD FROM YOU. THE CHANCELLOR WAS WARM AND FRIENDLY
 
AND THE DISCUSSION DURING OUR VISIT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN HIMSELF
 
AND MYSELF ALONE. THERE WERE PRESENT ONLY TWO OTHER PERSONS ONE
 
A UNIFORMED OFFICIAL ACTING REALLY AS HIS BODY GUARD AND ANOTHER
 
WHO TOOK NOTES OF THE CONVERSATION AND OCCASIONALLY INTERPRETED
 
XXX THE MORE INVOLVED ENGLISH INTO GERMAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
 
CHANCELLOR. I STARTED OUT THE DISCUSSION BY PRESENTING TO THE
 
CHANCELLOR YOUR PERSONAL RESPECTS AND GREETINGS TO WHICH HE
 
RESPONDED WARMLY. I THEN TOLD THE CHACELLOR THAT THE PRESIDENT
 
HAD FELT THAT BY KEEPING THE DISCUSSION ON AN INFORMAL BASIS THE
 
HEADS OF THE GOVERNMENTS COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND
 
WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO GET AT. THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO BE
 
INFORMED AS TO WHAT THE LEADERS IN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN