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27 Thursday - December 1973
St. John Evangelist - 361st day - 4 days to come

Short call from Pierre. Told him that Martin is trying to interest Scribner's in doing [illegible crossed out] 100 JEUX ALPHABETIQUES, 100 JEUX GEOMETRIQUES, 100 JEUX LOGIQUES, 100 JEUX NUMERIQUES. Suggested that Pierre send two sets of the books to Martin. He'll call me again in about a week.

Call from Felicia. She asked if I had seen the piece in Sunday's TIMES. A reporter had spoken to her on the phone and was supposed to set up a date, but never did.
She asked if I had rcd. [received] the PATTON and HOLIDAY money yet. She was mad when I told her that Gellman had said that we'd receive the check early in the new year. She calmed down when I told her that I had seen the Secretary actually working on royalty checks.
Owens - Illinois finally decided against doing MINEFIELD. Among other things, Felicia said that there is now govt. specs [government specifications] on the permissible noise level for games and toys.
There are a number of non-game items that she and another client are working on that are coming very well.
They are very interested in "electronic" games or other playthings.
She tried again to sell them on 3D BOXES but they said it looked too much like other things. They have plenty of plastic - having layed in a big supply.
I mentioned the Lily Cup GAME and she said that when she mentioned that I was thinking about such a game they looked at each other as if something was in the works, but they didn't say anything.
Told her that I had been working hard on FOREIGN INTRIGUE to have ready to show Bob Johnson when he comes in in January. She said that he had said that he would try to come in in January, but it was definitely not a promise to be here.
Felicia said that manipulative games are the coming thing. I mentioned that war games and sports games were also big. She said that the "Sports Illustrated Games" had folded.