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Washington, D.C. 10 Fobruary 1953

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Someono onco told no that if you tooik good caro of tho flu
you would not get it again.- This was an unfortunato atatement
sinco I have fust returncd to work after. another woek's saige, of
battling tha bug. 5

Without going into any long explarntions, I an plcasod to. say that our work and idoas aro boing lookod at now with considcrablo favor locally: In fact, tho recoption has been so good that we can nor. advance to tho moro or leso pocific stages of planning. Sonc dotails I will cet out belovs.

In tho first place, Tho leen loaned to our group to assiat us, particularly in connoction with tho work at hd i are going over tho background of the work and that wo want to do and as soon as we havo caploted this, it is. ty intontion to scnd hin to for n-poriod of fran ono to tro veeks for a soriog of diocussions with you mnd to carofully survey tho situntion atl Fand find out vhat is neoded and what is essontial to gotting tho progran in notion. Ploase understand, hovever, that ail of this hingos upon your willincness to continuo and uhother or not trip will or will not intorfero with your work. .

If it is hgreeable with you thatcone to and I hopo you'lllat ne lonow as soon as possible), I want Lo go ovor vith you the total plan. le wili find out specifically what is noedad in the way of equipnent, supplios, ote.j hout michi moncy the operation should roquire; vhat individualn it will bo neccssary to havo cleared;-uhat oysten to set up for roportinyg enl

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and rocorling thn operationsi what technical nothods can best bo uood for making recada eill desirn any type of cat-up like this that is oecossary); unl vhat cover is bost.

We, of course, recognize thero is a political situntion (an eloction) caing up in larch and we will ain our offorts so there will bo no intorforonco or oven official discuosions until aftor. tho eloction ig ovor, liovover, I feol the dotails betwren you and can be worked gut andLald on in advanco without any oitsiders being cut in. I boliove that if our plang matcrinlizo, it vill bo an intoresting project which will bo profitable botù to your organization and our orcanization.

Wll undoibtodly writo to you in the imnodiato futuro and he will discuss pérsonal dotails, particuiarly any cover ho may want to use out thoro at tho prosont and vhon and whero to talk with you.

I hopo this projcct can be brought to a vorking stato sinco personally I.feol thore is a great doal of perit in it.. Alroady wo havo sano nou tochniquos and material wo vant you to try and have a bigh promise of somo othero in tho noar futuro.  Again I vill loave such dotails to later comminicatiens and nore particularly towhen ho gota th

Incidontially, (ho nares you have forsarded to mo aro in our official "mill" cnd arc alrondy being proccusod. I onf TWill lot you know whanlhóy have beon cloared for classifiod convorsatlons.

Very truly yours,

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