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The French , to say th e least.
But this is corrupti o n' R o bbery' Theft o f th e nati o nal property.
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nati o n
Inay ri ot
like
it .
The W est neith er.
Wh at's that T e utonic gnat hintin g at' 13asil Mo destovich' H e sho uld be grabbed!
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G entlemen Ministers. Coo l it. Yo u , Petrov ich , espec ially. N o bo dy should be
grabbed. Othe rwi se: th e ca bin et crises. N ext time, G usta v, we' ll order sausages
and bee r from Do rtmund . Is that all ri ght? W o rse com es to worst we' ll buy a
Mercedes. Tho ugh th e roads are of course so- so. G ustav, Ge ntlemen Ministers,
has differences with us o f mainly gastro nomi ca l dcnominati o n . Plus - natural for
his o ri gins - francopho bia. It turns his stomac h to sce m arks turning into francs.
Like garli c. N o t
to
menti o n into do ll ars. Th e Pro testant co re. Ca n be traced back
to Luth er. Stin!:,,), and prefers th e bla nd.
T hat's w hy he's Financial Affa irs.
Simply represents th e Bundesbank.
But says " nati o nal interests."
Same thing, these days.
Therefo re, Gustav, you sho uld bu y yo ur little ho use no t in Prove nce, but, say, in
Bava ri a. N o t a bi g one , th o ugh, two sto ri es, say , but with an orchard and all.
H ydrangeas and rosebuds: in th e sumlll er ho neybees bu zz, th e Alps
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blue in
th e distance.
White.
W ell , have it yo ur way: w hite. Yo u may eve n ca ll it l3 eth esga d en .
Better, th o ugh , in T hLiringe n .
M aybe yo u 're ri ght. Th e clilll ate is Ill o re telllperate and th e landscape softer.
'Ca use yo u kn o w how it is at o ur age uphill .
But o ver there everybo dy has a M ercedes'
That's o f course tru e. But frankl y I perso nall y wo uld bu y in Schleswig-Holstein.
First o f all, th e sea; th en, th e architecture is H ansea ti c. The th ea ters in Hamburg
are also quite good , no t to m enti o n th e harbo r. Streets also , fo r exe rcise, are
length y .
And in the mo rning one gets Dietrich Fischer-Di eskau o n the radio .
Yea h , but H amburg is q uite pri cey. In th at case it's better in LLibeck. Besides,
Thomas Mann used to li ve th ere.
Yea h , that's wh ere he wro te
Bllddcllvroob.
Good , C ecilia.
