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Berggasse 19,
Vienna IX,
27.5.1919
Dear Dr Pfister,
What a disagreeable task you have passed on to me.1 The simplest thing to do in the case of men who are friends and both aspire to complete integrity and truth by way of psychoanalysis would be to send each the other's letter and let both discover for themselves where they are arguing at cross-purposes. However, I have never tried to evade an unpleasant task. I shall say to both of you what I have to criticise in both and to neither what I find fault with in the other.
First, your factual question, which can be answered with confidence. You have applied for admission to the International Psycho-Analytical Association and must regard your application as having been provisionally accepted. The lack of any reply from headquarters is explained by the