January 11 Tuesday – At the Hotel Metropole in Vienna, Livy wrote for Sam to Samuel E. Moffett.

“Your Uncle wants me to say that he desires you to keep the letter that I sent you entirely private” [MTP].

Note: This refers to Livy’s letter of Jan 6. She added that Sam did not want it counted on that he would commit to any submissions for Hearst’s newspapers; did not want to appear as a “telegraphic reporter to any news paper,” nor did he want Moffett to “mention the subject of the letter to Mr. Hearst or any one.”

To get the above message to Moffett faster Livy also wrote for Sam to ask Frank Marshall White to cable Moffett: “Reveal contents our letter to no body. Wait.” Livy cited the “so very expensive” cost of sending cables from Vienna as reason for requesting the favor [MTP].