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AMERICAN AID TO FRANCE, Inc.
(Formerly American Relief for France, Inc.)

EXECUTIVE OFFICES
1757-63 Broadway
New York 19, N. y.
Telephone: Columbus 5-6324

PARIS OFFICE
49 Rue Pierre-Charron
Paris 8E, France
Telephone: Balzac 43-01

February 8, 1950

Dear Mr. Roenigk,

After due consideration, American Aid to France, Inc., has decided to close its shipping desk this spring. If you have any supplies to send, please see that they reach our warehouse,

Contract Packers, Inc.,
2331 Twelfth Avenue
New York 27, New York

by the first week in March.

For subsequent shipments, there are several ways through which, for the time being, you can send relief goods to France. First, for small lots of food, clothing, and one dollar ($1.00) worth of soap, I want to bring your attention to the fact that the United States Post Office accepts parcel-post packages for relief purposes up to forty-four (44) pounds at the rate of six cents (6�) per pound for France. These packages should be clearly marked:

"U. S. A. unsolicited gift parcel"

In regard to shipments in bulk, there are other agencies which are not solely area agencies as ourselves and continue to operate shipping warehouses. They are registered with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid in Washington and therefore eligible to free ocean freight through the French Supply Council and Croix Rouge Francaise. Some of these agencies are:

Unitarian Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee
Save the Children Federation
War Relief Services
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (J.D.C.)

The Unitarian Service Committee uses the same warehouse as ourselves and, for that reason, might be willing to take on your shipments. We can not, of course, speak for any of them and you would have to make your own arrangements with them. All requirements for shipments through the French Supply Council & Croix Rouge are the same as you have been accustomed to following with us. Cases must be addressed to Croix Rouge Francaise, 17 rue Quentin Bauchart and channeled through the American Express Co. If you have a local firm which can do overseas packing and you are able to make arrangements with it, this greatly facilitates the problem of the intermediary agency here.

We will always be ready to help you with any information or advice you may desire until you have established your contacts with another agency.

At this time, I wish to express, in the name of American Aid to France, our regrets at the termination of a long and pleasant association.

Sincerely yours,

(signed) Germanie Wilson

Mrs. Philip D. Wilson
Director, Division of Supplies