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Show -o- However, Everest is not very impressive from there because ;;ou can see only a tip of it at a great distance, ^.anchenjunga is the real bang. ./hen I got back to Calcutta Tuesday morning, 1 had not taken my clothes off for three days and three nights. FlashII Just got a phone call to Inform me that the array will take all the medical supplies in by air and deliver them to a point from which I can take them by boat, thus eliminating the necessity for an expensive truck trip. Couldn't ask for more. That is simply wonderful - much more than I had hoped for, Whether or not they'll take rae wijsh it is doubtful, but that is a minor detail compared with getting the stuff in. You are probably wondering about the exchange situation in China. The unofficial rate in Kunming reached 600:1 a couple of weeks ago, but has dropped to about 450:1 now, The missions are now getting about 320:1 through the control board, which is a mission agency which sells credit in the U, S, to Chinese merchants (Shu is one of their best customers), So we'll be getting that rate on our remittances from New Haven, whereas last year we got only 20:1. The Aliens In Kun. Ing now charge ^920 a day for room and board (It was >105 a day when we were there.) So at the present time our money in China ought to go a little farther than just before we left last year. The pictures we had taken in Martinsburg and Ann's portrait are in the very nice leather folder Earl gave me for Christmas* They are a great joy to me and. to the friends who ask about all of you. The three days they were in the censor's office, I missed them more than I had anticipated. Love, Win |