[about Sept 5, 39]
Dear Nathan,
I’m very glad that you were successful in bringing your parents over here at the last minute. But I’m also glad about the terrible decision that has now been made. It seems that Stalin downright tricked Hitler and simultaneously maneuvered England into the role Russia had intended for it. Perhaps even Stalin’s cunning will be thwarted one day, because the legs of cunning are almost as short as those of falsehood.
Now for minor business matters. I wrote your secretary that I do not want to have any mortgage taken out on the building from the reimbursed 5,000 fr. However, Guggenheim urgently advises to put a mortgage on the building, no doubt out of fear of a challenge to the purchase. I give in and declare my consent to taking out a mortgage. Furthermore, I received a check made out for 180 dollars from Guggenheim as interest from my 40,000 fr. mortgage. If you agree, the corresponding sum in francs will be sent to Tetel, but under Miss Dukas’s name (because of the will).
That’s all. Now I hope to see you very soon, and send you and your parents my best regards,
Yours, 
	A. Einstein.
[ALS]