DOC.
647
NOVEMBER
1918 689
647. To Mileva Einstein-Maric
[Berlin,
ca.
9
November
1918][1]
Dear
Mileva,
I
agree fully
to
the
suggested procedure.
From
the
first of
January 1919
on, you
should receive
Fr.
1
600 at
the
beginning
of
every
quarter
year,
and the
balancing
of
accounts
should take
place
at
the
end
of
each
year.[2]
I sent
you
Fr.
1
800
now
in
the
hope
that
you pay
the
life
insurance with
it
as
well.
(The
2
000
M
you
claim
are
currently
only
Fr.
1 400,[3]
hence
there
is
nothing
at all
secure
about
it;
it would therefore
probably
be
better
for
you
if
the
amount
were
fixed
in
fr[ancs]
not in
m[arks].)
All
will
go
well
if
my
income
is
not
substantially
reduced
by
the
consequences
of
the
war.
But
I’ll
do all
I
can
to
maintain
fulfill
my obligations
toward all of
you completely.
Be
very
careful with Tete
so
that
his
health
is
not
undermined
again.
I
would
prefer
him somewhere
else
for
two
months
than
at
regimental
Pedolin,
though;[4]
the
atmosphere
there
did
not
appeal
to
me.
Do
make
a
few
inquiries
about
alternatives.
See
that
you
accelerate
our
divorce
so
that the
40000
40000
M
are
transferred
to
your
name;[5]
that
may possibly
be crucial.
Here also
the
flu is
very
potent
and
virulent;
I
have been
spared
until
now,
though.[6]
I
am
glad
that Albert
has
an
intense interest in
something.
On
what it
is
directed
is
less
important
to
me, even
if
it
is
engineering, by
God.[7]
Children
cannot be
expected
to
inherit
mentalities.
I
am
going
to be in Zurich
throughout
the
whole of
February
and
will
give
a
lecture series. This
will
happen
twice
a
year
from
now on.
The
negotiations
on
this
are
essentially
closed.[8] I
am
just
accepting
the travel
expenses
for
it,
since
the
undertaking is
supposed
to be
an
acknowledgment
on
my
part
for
an
appointment
at Zurich issued
in the
summer,
which
I
refused out of consideration for
my
friends
here.[9]
Tell
the
boys
that
I
would be
very
pleased to
receive
a
few
lines from them.
Best
regards, yours,
Albert.
It
would be
better
if
we
left
open
the
question
of
what kind of certificate
ought
to be
procured
from
the
2
000
M,
since the
conditions
will
all have been
changed
decisively by
then.
Censor’s note: “Please inform
send[er]
that
henceforth
letters without
his adr. infor-
mation
on
the
envelope
will not be delivered. Censor.”