Chapter 56

“From your letter, I have noted that the steps taken by you were prompted by our offer and that of Carl Zeiss, New York, of six hundred 6 × 30 prism binoculars at $26 each, which we made in 1931 to the Navy. I believe that I do not have to add anything to the explanations which our Dr. Bauer has given you concerning this matter. The thought occurs to me, however, whether it would not have been appropriate, in view of the friendly and long relations between our respective houses, if one of your gentlemen had communi…