From Horst Mendershausen (6 February 1944)

From Karl Polanyi
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Dear Karl:

It was very good to hear from you. Although this correspondence is a poor substitute for the intensive conversation I enjoyed so much, it is important to me, and I hope we will be able to maintain it and step it up.

Your {rentry} into Hungarian politics interests me a great deal. I think that something very valuable is claping up in the Balkans both as a result of the internal crystallisation of ____ mass movements in Yougoslavia and Greece, movements of apparently truly socialist character and “international” scope, and as a result of Soviet policy. Land reform and collectivization, […]

I don't agree … Russia

[…]

[4] powerful affirmation of federalist and “organic” principles and a masterful political ____ beyond that; […] This move appeals to European socialists as well as American grass-root democrats […]

But it is not only this new phenomenon that makes me more optimistic; I am little distributed about the Russian […]

[5] monopoly you have as much …

I was startled reading your {insertion} about America. It is a fascinating thesis.

[6] seen from …

At present I am working for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington to while away the long winter ______. […]

[7] efforts. He is very articulate and lively, and I am quite proud of him. Friede is doing a great job … […]

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Reference:
KPA: 47/14, 3-7