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Dear Doctor,1
When you have read this, will you pass it on to Prof. Freud and Dr Rank.
With best regards,
A.
Confidential!
After various proposals for action against Jung have proved not feasible, I should like now to submit a new proposal to the members of the Committee.
At present our contains a variety of firmly disapproving criticisms of Jung's innovations from, as far as I know, Jones, Ferenczi, Eitingon, and myself. Several others are still to follow. In addition, Freud's thorough reckoning with Jung will appear in the Jahrbuch,2 and also an enlightening article by Sachs and Rank (“What Is Psychoanalysis?”).3
As soon as the greater part of the articles will have appeared, which will probably be towards the end of April, it seems to me that the time has come for action, as outwardly our moves will then already have sufficient foundation. There are no substantial disagreements between the local groups in Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, and London. A detailed discussion has taken place in the group here and will be continued in small supplementary talks in the following sessions in order to keep the members' interest alive. I believe that everywhere the ground has been smoothed for our action.
I now make this proposal: In May at the latest the four groups give their official position towards a resolution to be brought in by the presidents, which will I imagine be something like this: