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Dear Henry,
Here Is Un etory on JonnB mtlon. Yesterday afternom,, toin And rt-fo'! vory flraly tint ho *antftd te ha"k. insisted that no was through, that he *ouldnt wait any lonitar, thath could not be done, that In my cage th? -veatlier would nevor closr up in time to nllo"co thit if it didnt ho wjuld beine piofclc "'hm it :ia" to roln* haolthe French *ray, thatid don* nothin-pet'lni* Ms cond-sion,a* tired of wnsilnnine, thattarr anybody olse said hethromh.
Ifd helped hla <e rr it this declaim md
b* slid no ant roainded a*" hadae ha aa* rein* tojIonUi tfo. 1'notthe ease. *hi' h> old his.
ito in lb?hac tho urn'Jean aiii tiato ealt 'rom: 3irl In Ivt I'vrard foriod of tlas. greedii T'!. II- t'VO furl hertednWpolnr
to try tinie losing neon period, ind thil If i* didnt pom off by t'-iwn 'V tntod V) RO hvlc to theointed out ta Mm thftt iherlo- hid nothing to doitntrqu.iiiho andtheir trial dark ooon Juaphndo junpinirJ: aoon. Ilv mid thut til it mi" not tho enso at all,o nwhdo. eft tho discussionrird cane out. af tha ho-pital "hen ho cane out theyo<*othor and notiled their differences and it anabetween un all tVitoro lilH on fror. then regardless of the noon period. At thatroteirao to cnpt. Vujf-mvlch ^hJrahx ofunto-y, fHncoe-^ent. effectivelyvmln*t'v.reu-'ht tho suhjoct e?
indi he. continued oorevtlna ol"until h?orth ywtsrday lftemoon.
hoojwunta to in lrrcvo"*ble ^tae, on* OM 'oo*
hade ;nd find itiny trice* to thothai, hoiD*wite.Mv er rsilly, .to ay alnd, oror filrly faced the iroSloo ofbe u?ncennny. particularly did net doln*n fr^nc-. eed onlvyiu tVin -iilrh hehi- ;orer,l3 total larfc of lntero*tGorman. Ittitl he would "io-JCU dom Inly 'rnd onse tried. AnJ it lo no' <onptUBf you
can antra hlro do, os iblc for bin to It-am It. >bii -ith the proper uriro on Mo jwrt he oert.ilnly -ouldp r. lot o^om Evrard. In trying to oak* hiayselflosrnad noro-Gornin froo KvrirdJean has. And thatellot, fs 6ava to thi foct thit hf his never iv; lly wnntcd to po hutn-imit it to hlBsolf. Hto letters to Mr cirl frlend3 whioh Gil cennorodVit was boastlnp to then that ho ra^ ftoinf* to operatepyy
approved for release
date: ,pi| ?nnn
He wanted glory. But he ilsohe kind ofwho rvnttin tho French amy. He ir, the kind of fellow who no1"return to France to Join the fr-nch iray by way of Algiers wheresec his girl. .He la the kind of follow who Wttta ae to nondto parachute schoolhat hiacked out so thut !k* innnoro jumps and uilify'rcnch He glories 5nlittle past details of his tralnSnr In Alsiern. as bftp^ withVr* lade atwl" achool. n> was har-ay to rJio* himselfand Houtoa a* theo no*eally tough ni-sion,thin theirs over couldbrr.n. But kr'i: bum Virc noTwilting, Thinking about noma,t>)iu? "nyo plare tooxcont it.-irl . He hi" gotten as vatlff. He litern'ly oatstimo. uppose theregniflcinee iu that. any case, he hia had oleot* of timr toh*ln- over rod.aai over, ani the result Is hein*,bss got
ifferent reasons far not. wanting to go. Tha missionay? to go beforeanr:od, Ay only reproach ta him was that h* tttf tiedand porsononlei: mind Woforeanee. (new thit he ad--ht biv torrebo fore ho cimo den. old him about 'hat po-<siblity onoccasions. ut lt to him seriously and arked him ifw^it it meantit. old him ehout your Bins!on fromtriat had to wait rojit month?. tint vmo,
sol. And that has, been Mr answer about why ha dldnt
out way be dldnt bother with Ms :owr, and now it if his answersnt going on tho mi-slon. He's Jvat decided ho Ix not folng and ho ioscnt rive ft damn.
Heia--clf to -vrard on BO sr-ny o:- bolng erratic, childish andM-final strawar as he Is concerned. Zven ifould bind Mm aeoa*lr-lonilver pl-tter and gat him to ehanwa hiarard -ould be very nnthualaetic about lt. Cmtin.
It ia po^sihlathat ^snn ban mat aoncone inand Ml'cndi^j. It eooldnt be ono of Kerry's lwys bt>cauno t'vsy ire ill awayven if be did, that la water over thanor, aa isi*wo written. ahavo. If he didsooeono, that could on'y be coo Idarcjd is one factor In M- doclaion. *xmidtH^ Another ltet straw on hi side, ao to aenak*
My wrltinp at such gnat length on thistr'n in my i-y anitly an effort to Ju-tify vfof Mm. ant *oa he* Iiva hid to
lit both of 'hem go to town. avant aim bite thoo to every movie or show that th^tyeen, or io on evory wilkthorn. Sercoant Poricb and Ithem to Vw most of ouch acti*fltio|a.ot'ld. novorrder not teout unae-omp-inled. 7ho ittlo home we Ir.rc i- confinin-x it is, -ad tho only dtn,ger for them in ten his be-n Both ofa bronott t'wy have undorstood amdcoopor ted andt of It. Allof tt us hive. v-pt myr.elf on the. oaro pUno of life with them, ive rtajed harem atrt->
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ive no dorire to load tlio kind of Ufaound our off liar'j club nnd pertlyratedco then th-itin tho suae boat aa far as livingoncerned. Th- nlnutivailed nyiolf of outlets that they hadomma afraid they would ttet tho old conplov about Vlng.
I dont know. Vm glad Dob Aadrcra me; heir, -hon bHaave to oay about Joan's refusal to ffo.
Ho wants to bo returnedt-rny. llonaolnt( th* pMsion, and so so of the ronUsta. U? Isnt ate kindan keen Mi buuth shut. If-nrot Mb loose inould find li nocosftary to Justify his position to ovary friend of hiseanro-s. And that woulde^v, to^llnrt ?omothinr about this blt.sion. vent talked -ith hla (bout th-t.lon3 of hlr re-ignatlon in reLitloa to oSn-lon ettll boinr in iro-rfss. ont intend to until it lo doclded -hit will he dons with Ma.
About tn- al--lon itself. aken'hoi- thins- vOaly. confidence in tae -aialoa if a? -an -it Mathersceas to feol that there ma nothln* tntr boonoiui. iner- thatinea Jein covV! notut tho deal horo In BArt, bn -irobbly wouldkvT he had toIt out la ennearr"< nW b-v restricted, aoc prv:lic*Uy no one, prl no aall, tc.
I Inve 'rationed Evrird briefly Tomernlnr hi?an,
Xouton,auveur. !Iaittle rt-md off an J'Y-nshsiaa.r.
Of tha three, ho could prob-My be tilled into -nlrc sc -outot on th-;
grounds o. their pmlow rianoolrreo. :te
dootnt want OauvqurV doe-at
,bl^ lnd onrrial In 'Vance Is orsuccessful.
?irlch, has voluntr-orsd ton tli- ulrrion.
/as trainud bore Inong tinsn n!m tolavia and has boon waitinga-ir. It -as coaal-.tely cancelled acvornlont think ha i- a?he frmcht-*arfy guy plenty of -uts. Dut lowly. And hie rkenrkt{oooral oorilo and ability to tMnk fov hlooolf luvd.itot boon helped any by aof strictly Ol life. Hioid bo touch. Jl* apatka no Garsm, Ikerbian dialact, affjd sp* kn aafllaa with ent, ila >uV:toaoof forelm worker. hink wfl- v> rem- ort of rorlcr documentjare for Ma, ont con-JJorron? irui Tor tie iqlaoionhot.
Io' rint your ro-.ction tothi - lnk you should coaVt here and straighten Jean out on Partltulirl* If you envi-ape,o, tho posMhlHy of notack to i'V-uico (it -ill hutWro bare inyh*o
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the uubunuc minion is dntgrraincd. It would also give- youchance to look Pftrich overhit yivr him. d yonprob bly convince Kvrard off about taking one or theboys in Franco if that turned out to be the best thing to do.
Another reason for your coming 1 l3 oTice is moving, ?rob hly to Florence at: that means nobody knows. It eortiln'yotround and wot'teonenrnad.
eel pr.-tty bad. Codif 3cinnhis Mac,en doing* l.ee is* haatsold hands with poojlei;;ht profitot of energy hy forgcfcting mlirioft3.'ioTtiait that oing to mountontinue tr lining the !soycn'inil simply pull out and concentrate on LyonLondon.
wellV Annls wiUhivo read this far .nnyw:iy. V. jrobaMvou after'ailrn decided, but'I had to got it outy tea.
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