Dear Bill: Today two things came to my attention that probably I should have known long before. Certainly if I had been aware of them, I should have tried in some measure to thank you, Bob, and the entire Coca Cola organization.1
First, I find that you supplied, free of charge, cokes for all the staff who were with me at Newport this summer.2 Secondly, I discover that you also gave the White House enough cokes for the thousands of people that attended the British Bar Association-American Bar Association garden party last Monday. (If I had known what was involved, I might have curbed my last minute invitation to any member of the American contingent to walk in the gates!).3 Be that as it may, you and your associates contributed immeasurably to making the affair pleasant and, I hope, successful.
My personal indebtedness to you is already so great that it defies any expression of gratitude. But I did want to tell you that I am deeply appreciative of the kindness of the Coca Cola organization in the hospitality it enables me to offer to guests and to workers in the vineyard.
Of course, what baffles me most is that you do all these things so quietly--but that is characteristic.
Thank you.
With warm regard, As ever4
