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TUESDAY 18 MARCH 1969
77th day - 288 days to come

Called Fabio and made a date for tomorrow.

Claude called to say he was going to Arthur's tonight and inviting
me. Would have liked to go but too tired. Claude wants
to try out a stock market game - MANIPULATION. We set a
date for next Wednesday.
Late in evening Claude called from Arthur's. Then Wald told
me about the game. There is a circular board with about 30
spaces. There are 4 stock markers which are started six
spaces apart. Each player in turn throws 1 die and moves
the stock he previously announced before throwing. There
is a chart giving the value of each stock and this varies
with the position of the four stock markers on the board
in relation to each other. There is a dividing line on the
board from which position is measured. No two markers can be in
the same space and if a count brings one to an occupied
space it is put in the next vacant space ahead. Players at any
time can buy and sell stock. There is a limited amount