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Defore I discuss businoss matters with you, let mo oxplain why it has takon mo 3o long to write since my return frol if you rocell, I left Friday afternoon and arrived in Washington Friday night. I went to the Office at 8:30 AM Monday morning and at l0ik0 All I was in bed with tho flu. I romained in hod until Friday following Christmas,. Hence, wy work and correspondence has boen sadly neglected.

I appreciate vory much the opportunity of talking with you again, of looking over your very exceptional organization nnd of having dinner uith vou and your very charning wife. Please extend to her again my thanks for a homecooked meal in an alien city. uite incidontally, I do not blame you for my attack of the flu.

Gettinz dorn to the proilems in-which xe both havo an intcrest, I have prosented informal descriptions of your organisation and its work.: I have aloo explained to ny auperiors the excollent cover you could provide and-havetold;them of your enthusiasm and highly intelligent appreciation of our problems. It is my honest helief that my orgnnization will work out, in the fairly noor future, gome plan wherohy we can use your organization in tho experimental work I outlined, which will re of grent aervice to the Country and I trust of considerable benofit to your

This project has not ns yet reached the dotniled working stago, but the recaptlon,to date has been entirely favorable and I feel very oncouraged along.these lines.

. In connoction with the above, I should llke to mention 1 word in connection with your friond, hut for your information only. Ho is nt loosn ends in the Aroncy at the prosent, time. Pecause of thiz, I -nm considering, using in nome sort of connection with the project which I am Roing to propono that we will develop at your,. I feel might posaibly be used in

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sort of a lialson capncity or used in Ttemporarily in this connection. I hopa the Idea will bear fruit but, like so nany of these itena, it has to be developed slowly.

When I.was lnst id Ti asked you to give me'the names \_of individuals that you regarded as being, key men in connectlon with our ideas. I believe I also asked you to give me some sort of a biographical statement such,as place and date of hirth, eto., of these individuals. I am only mentioning this to remind you that I will start clearing those individuals as soon ns you forwnrd me thoir names. Peliave me, there is no rush in this matter, I am merely. calling it to your attention again.

Lat me thank you again for your courtesy and your excellent ideas in connection with the mattera in which we have mutual interests. I intend, as I mentloned above, to place all preasure possible to bear into putting into effect a project along the lines ahout which wo have previously. talked. .I will, of course, keep you fully informed of all'dgvelopments here, including any pertinent information I may develop on lowever, if you are in commnicntion with do not mention this interest since I do not even know if ho would be intoresled in this matter.

If you aro coming to w:shington in ths ngar future, lot me know in
advance. I will certainly take you to dinnar hut I must.confess we have
no to display to you. STRET

Very sinceraly,

0 January 1953