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   1 DEAR PHIL,
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   3 HOW COULD I PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS? I HAD A CRACK AT ANOTHER OF THE NOTES YOU FOUND IN MONTMARTRE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE OLDEST ITEM IN THE PACKET AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO START. IT MAKES SOME SENSE OF THE BUCHENWALD REFERENCE IN THE LATER NOTE YOU SENT.
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   5 IT DIDN'T EXPLAIN THE PARIS LINK SO I SENT A TEAM INTO THAT NEIGHBOURHOOD TO GATHER INTEL BUT THEY DIDN'T COME UP WITH VERY MUCH. WE DID GET ONE REPORT THAT THE HOUSE HAD BEEN OWNED BY A GERMAN FAMILY BEFORE THE WAR, BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN TAKEN OVER BY AN SS OFFICER IN NINETEEN FORTY ONE. SURETE RECORDS SUGGEST THAT THE FAMILY CAME FROM WEIMAR IN AUGUST NINETEEN THIRTY SEVEN, WHICH IS SUGGESTIVE GIVEN THE TIMING AND THE GEOGRAPHY, SO I HAVE SENT THE TEAM TO BUCHENWALD TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN FIND.
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   7 I AM JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS HERE, BUT THE PORTRAIT SARAH MENTIONS HAS TO BE THE MONA LISA. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO IT, BUT THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES ARE SPOOKED. THE THEFT OF THE PAINTING BY PERUGGIA BACK IN NINETEEN ELEVEN HAS MADE THEM VERY SENSITIVE. THE NAME CHAUDRON WAS MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE, AND I NEED SOME TIME TO LOOK INTO THE HISTORY.
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   9 IF YOU HAVE ANY INFLUENCE AT ALL AT THE MUSEUM I THINK WE NEED A PROPER EXAMINATION OF THE PAINTING, AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT DURING THE WAR.
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  11 ALL THE BEST,
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  13 HARRY