Dear Mr. Margules!
Dr. Schwitzer will no doubt have contacted you in the matter of sergeant gendarme Haralambie Vasileu and showed you the letters to Vasileu and Mrs. Chinila Before my evacuation I handed over 1,000 dollars (one thousand dollars) as well as 500,000 leu (five hundred thousand leu) to Mr Vasileu, which was in a packet that was then sealed. – In Dornesti, I then handed the sum of 80,000 leu to him from the train. In addition, Mr Vasileu had manufactured goods, ready-to-wear clothing worth at least 200-250,000 leu, a golden wristwatch, a silver cigarette box, as well as several other valuables for safekeeping. – As Mr Vasileu´s silence until now makes me assume he has bad intentions, I hope you will show me the kindness as to do your utmost to get the money back. It´s important to know that initially I intended to change the money into rubles at the national bank, a plan Mr Vasileu advised me against. Instead, he persuaded me to leave the money with him for safekeeping. – Leave a remuneration of 50,000 leu (fifty thousand leu) with Mr Vasileu and take delivery of the rest of the money. – For your pains, Mr Margules, keep 50,000 (fifty thousand leu) for yourself, and send the remaining 480,000 leu (four hundred and eighty thousand leu) through a courier who is absolutely reliable. – Moreover, I will give 20,000 leu
(twenty thousand leu) to Münzer or any other member of your family appointed by you. – Mr Vasileu also had two silver bracelets and other valuables for safekeeping. I am convinced that you will do everything possible and leave no stone unturned in order to get the money back and that you will send it to me by conscientious and reliable courier. – With the conviction and hope that you will bring this matter to a close as quickly as possible,
Yours respectfully,
Baruch Heit