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360F
Vienna IX, Berggasse 19
3 October 1919
Dear Friend,
There is already something dream-like about the times behind us, when friendly solicitude kept the seriousness of life away from us. The dreadful conditions in this city, the impossibility of feeding and keeping oneself, the presence of Jones, Ferenczi, and Freund, the necessary conferences and decision-making, and the hesitant beginnings of analytic work (5 sessions = 500 crowns) result in a vivid present in the face of which memories quickly fade. Let me tell you briefly the outcome of the committee meetings, which unfortunately had to take place in your absence. Because of the uncertainty of the situation in Hungary, Ferenczi handed over the presidency to Jones until the Congress, at which the latter is to be installed definitely. Jones is also undertaking to produce a Journal of Ψα1 for England—America; this will remain in the closest contact with the , and the contents of the latter will be freely available to it. The technical production will take place in Vienna, and it will be imported to London; two issues have already been assembled. I have handed over administration of the fund to Jones, and he will take the money back with him to England. Ways and means of transferring funds from London for our work in Vienna have already been found. It was Rank's idea to arrange for the fund (Verlag) to produce commodities here, which would then be sold in England and America. In other words, the orientation towards the west proclaimed by our Chancellor! Another point on which your opinion will be decisive is the following. It is proposed on the occasion of the foundation of the Berlin polyclinic to admit Eitingon to full membership of the Committee. If you too agree with this, please mention it to him without further delay.2 In any other eventuality please let us know.
My son Martin has become engaged to a girl from a well-to-do family (Ernestine Drucker),3 a lawyer's daughter, and through his future father