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December 11, 1951 Mr. Roy A. Welle Consulting Engineer Pacific Mutual Building 660 Market Street San Francisco 4, California Dear Roy: v X should have written you earlier concerning ter dealing with the proposal to transfer the pro dyuocutri onl etf­a­Mcri. l itRieeisnh atrod tt,h ew Whaitcehr heC omhpaasn yp,a sseId wroont eto a three cPormemseinddeantti,o n thtoa t tsheer iopurso dcuoctnisoind erfaatciiolni tibees gitov ent het o ditshet ripbruotpioosna l cotmo patnrya nasnfde r to separate the distribution oompany from its activities other than water service. went. Ytoo uMrr .l eRtetienrh atrod tm e oavcecro Mmrp.a niBeedn ntehtet ’rs esciogmnmaetnudraet.i onN ow hiocnhe in this area was offended by any remarks which you made with respect to the production company. I was very glad to have fthraotm oyuoru pseuocphl ea icno mOpmlaehtae wainlall ysbei s iomfp retshes edp rwoibtlhe mm aanndy Io f tthhienk statements contained in it. However we did not recommend to Mr. Reinhardt, nor do I believe our Omaha officials would be willing, to carry out such a complete plan as you suggested. I am certain stehaltf -souufr fipceiopelnet woorugladn iznaott iobne wait llLaisn gV etgoa sh,a veb uta nw oeunltdi reilny­sist upon handling the accounting and the funds at Omaha. Also I do not believe that there is any way in which we fshoarl le xebec utaibvlee atnod avloeigda l thsee rcvihcaersg.e s mI adaem beyn cltohes iRnagi lar ocaodp y of Mr. Bennett’s letter to Mr. Reinhardt dated December 4th and should be glad to receive any comments which yo u desire to make.