) Herstal a February 20, 1924. Mr. John Browning, Browning Arms Go., Ogden, Utah, U.S.A. Copy to J.M.B. Hartford. Dear Jack, | I am sending you herewith a copy of a letter which F.N. wrote me after a conference which I had with Joassart, Nepper, & Stassart. You can keep it in your files out there as I have had a copy made for me here. | increase This conference came as a result of my pushing them production and especially to hurry up production of twelves. After following am writing Impossible start deliveries you twelves before August stop sixteens after preferable in dont but being held off some large is necessary for me to personally examine almost them, and each seems to have a different malady. to get 5000 assembling 2500 have of them put in to to fill back making both at F.N. use the rest to and machined us let only intends but every one 1 hope however, been have Parts soon. shipments to so manufacture. of It of sixteens, situation once year. finished, defects of account on up for this sixteens guns 41000 sell any more There are about at both manufacture cannot August twelves for the sent five hundred and start twelves in May five hundred December or continue sixteens till four thousand and discouraging speak, over I head, my in matter whether me wire details two thousand monthly till start the turning cable: to which orders they have on hand for Europe. Without my knowledge, and contrary to the agreement which I made with them when I placed the first orders, they gave orders in the works to stop Sixteens and start twelves. This is quite a little job and takes time, but they to refuse for installation time. same the They said that they decided to start on twelves after learning from you that you were selling as many,or more,twelves as sixteens. I do not know whether you wrote them to that effest but I learned that they have received an order from Japan for 2000 twelves, and this factor, together with the fact that they have no more twelves (1 took the last 240, a mixed lot) and orders are coming in fast for them is undoubtedly responsible for their action. l have induced them to continue with sixteens long enough to make up 4000 for us but in that case they cannot deliver twelves \ before July according to them, but August according to the way you wire however,to agreed, I I have the situation sized up. to find out which would be the more advantageous, to get 4000 ai get to or twelves, of production delay and sixteens this year only 2500 sixteens this year and the rest of the 7500 guns in 12 ga. I hope want will me to to get a reply immediately, them keep granted, from have the on with but 1 sure am They t6ga. that went ° you so far as to promise me 750 twekves per month for the last six months of the fear if I would take twelves, but in any case we can not possibly expect to get more than 7500 guns this year, and that is why I wired you to not take any more orders for this year- at had taking least I them for your that many already. am therefor, not placing send out the royalty that you more orders here, any check have letters, for holding up for the purpose of paying for specials will be in place of regularsand $10000 which additional you cannot and I was sold have orders. The expect the