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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Louis Wilkinson
K. J. GERMER 260 West 72nd Street New York 23, N.Y. Endicott 2-6799
February 13, 1948.
Dear Mr. Wilkinson,
I am writing you again to let you know that, though certain difficulties have arisen, I have arranged that a sum of £100 be paid to you at once in order that you may at least be covered for any payments you have incurred so far.
No reply so far from the Official Receiver. If he should accept my suggestion, the sum of £300 can be taken from the cash found which is now at Lloyds Bank in Hastings. Kindly confirm receipt of the £100 sum when it is paid to you. I'll arrange for the transfer of the sum I had originally stated to you just as early as is convenient.
Since writing you last I have had another letter from Mr. Yorke [Gerald Yorke], which, while showing his cooperative spirit, shows also that between him and Mr. John Symonds [John Symonds], every paper, and may-be scrap of paper, MSS., and document is being read and studied. This might take months and months. Therefore, let me reiterate my wish expressed in my last to you, that I and all my associates in the Order would like me to get A.C.'s assets safely stored over here as quickly as possible, and can be done in the terms of Aleister's Will, and its spirit. This surely is that the material should be placed in my hands for the Order.
There are among the papers some private, extremely personal diaries by people who sent them to A.C. for his spiritual advice and guidance; and also A.C.'s personal diaries which he kept (as one brother who stayed with A.C. for a week in August wrote me even during his illness to the very last, that are certainly not for the inquisitive profane. I wonder how far the term in A.C.'s Will 'literary executor' can be stretched. In my opinion, and in that of out most advanced brethren in the Order, certainly not in the sense that these personal papers should be scrutinized by those outside of the Order, who alone are responsible for their safekeeping.
This is a very important matter with us, and I would appreciate your help in the speediest readying of all the material for shipping.
Would it be possible to give me a very approximate idea as to the weight of all the material, including books, unbound sheets, etc.? I want to discuss details with a shipping agent.
The printer has not yet seen fit to answer my letter of January 13th for which I am waiting anxiously.
Kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
Karl Germer
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