Liege, Belgiun. April ioth, 1920. Dear Daddy, now running our contracts, The strike ended full blast. i had and a talk will yesterday, with have Mr. and Galopin another the factory TPhursday confab with is regarding him “ionday. The F.N. have a factory in Paris now, and Galopin goes there every week end, so I could not see him yesterday or today. Among other said he things, that be would F.N. the to willing make new contacts and increase royalties, but said he would like to talk the matter over with youe He is using every excuse possible to get you over here, because he wants you to make a pistol for the French Govt., which pistol would be manufactured at the F.N. plant in Paris. The French would not order arms froz but would do so frou the F.N. Paris any firm outside of France, works. He told me(and all this he said was to be instrictest confidence) that the french had of hin for an automatic pistol, been making unofficial enquiries and had unofficially told hin what they want. They are after an auto pistol of about a .v8 and the bullet must have about the same velocity as the Caliber, The cartridges they want to be in double rows German Parabellum. in the magazine, which should hold about 15. They also want a one. Looks to me like they have acquired a great respect for the German arms. They have had sone Colt .45's but object to them as being too heavy in caliber. Galopin is very anxious to get this business. Another secret which he confided in me was that the Frennh want a new machine gun and machine rifle. He said they are alreadgyvery favorable to our machine rifle, andthere is a a good chance of their getting some of them. They are changing their cartridge so as to make it more adaptable for machine guns They also want a new machine gun, which must and auto rifles. be air cooled, and not weigh ober 25 lbs. Clear Regarding the sky if we were first told him no, .22 repeater, Galopin asked me out of thinking about importing any of then. and then, as sort of an after thought, a I I asked hin to give me an Bdea of what the price on an order of say 25000 of them would be. He is going to tell ue the price as soon as Mr. Franck, the new head of the drafting department finishes his estimate of the cost of manufacturing them. Galopin then told sae that there would be no uarket in Europe for such a sun for a long time, as they would have to educate the market up to it so to speak, and he doubted if they would want to make it unless we could give then an order to start them until they could I did not give him any kdea that we were thinking sell them here. seriously of doing so, but tried to impress him with the idea could sell a great many rifles in the U.S. Wiil be that the F.N. anxious to hear whether you have done anything towards getting ‘ soe one to sell the guns there for us if we should ddcide to mport soue of them. I a1 supe that I can make a deal with the F.N.,