This brief letter to Talcott Parsons, presented in German translation in the 1977 correspondence collection, acknowledges receipt and postpones a substantive reply. Schütz begins with a precise confirmation:
Ich will Ihnen nur rasch sagen, daß ich am vergangenen Samstag Ihren Brief vom 16. Januar erhalten habe.
English translation: I just want to tell you quickly that I received your letter of January 16 last Saturday.
The letter then distinguishes acknowledgment from considered response:
Es ist wohl das Beste, wenn ich mit einer Antwort warte, bis ich Ihren langen und hochinteressanten Brief sorgfältig gelesen habe und der zweite Teil, den Sie darin versprechen, in meinen Händen ist.
English translation: It is probably best if I wait to reply until I have carefully read your long and highly interesting letter and have in my hands the second part you promise in it.
Schütz makes careful reading and receipt of the complete communication prerequisites for answering. His closing assurance that he understands Parsons’s need for time reciprocates that patience. The letter’s relevance is procedural: it documents an exchange still unfolding, without stating the theoretical issues under discussion or committing Schütz to agreement.
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