Thursday, Part B:

The children have their passports. We are leaving for Kiev at 3:30 am Friday and hope to complete everything there in one day. While it is possible, a lot of cooperation is required. Everybody is expected to cooperate except, ironically, the US Embassy. They are notoriously the most difficult; but it may work. Stay tuned. Jennifer is very excited. The boys are surely excited, but apparently less so than Jennifer. Susan and I are homesick and anxious to start our new life.