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Dr. Voegelin who are brusquely removed from their positions without
any fault on their part.’ Kittredge also suggested to Bonnet that as this
was a ‘special case,’ the IIIC might arrange to pay him the dollar equiva-
lent of the six months’ salary.^56
Consequently, based on advice from Voegelin concerning the
exchange rate, Gross drew a cheque for the sum of three hundred and
twenty dollars to be placed at the disposal of Voegelin upon his arrival in
Paris.^57 Further to this, Kittredge told Bonnet that he considered it only
legitimate that this amount should be charged against the funds allocated
that year to the Austrian Coordinating Committee then in liquidation,
informing Bonnet that he had sent a letter to Dietrich requesting that
‘such part of the allocation to the Austrian Committee as had not been
expended before the 11th March’ should be returned to the secretariat
of the ISC in Paris.^58
Dietrich’s response to this request came in the form of a letter sent to
Kittredge in which he stated that because of exchange regulations such
a transfer from Vienna would be impossible. Thus, it was decided that
the remaining amount would be turned over to the ‘appropriate section
of the Reichsbank, with a request that it be made available for release
to the Rockefeller Foundation, in conformity with the arrangements the
Foundation has with the Reichsbank.’ Kittredge advised Bonnet that
it might be necessary for the foundation to ‘take over these Marks and
use them for its own payments in Germany,’ adding that the founda-
tion’s European office would arrange to credit to the IIIC an equivalent
amount in order to assist in its work as the secretariat of the ISC.^59
tHe university teAcHing of internAtionAl relAtions
The Prague conference, as with previous ISC sessions, profited from the
attentions of state officials. At its inaugural meeting which was held at
Charles University, the conference was opened by the minister for social
welfare, Jaromir Nečas, who stood in for Prime Minister Milan Hodža
as the latter had to deal with a ‘pressing’ matter: the partial mobilisation
(^56) Kittredge to Bonnet, 7 July 1938, AG-IICI-K-I-4.b, UA.
(^57) Leo Gross to Tracey B. Kittredge, 25 July 1938, AG-IICI-K-I-4.b, UA.
(^58) Kittredge to Bonnet, 7 July 1938, and Kittredge to Bonnet, 18 July 1938, AG-IICI-
K-I-4.b, UA.
(^59) Kittredge to Bonnet, July 18, 1938, AG-IICI-K-I-4.b, UA.