450 Riverside Drive
New York City

November 23, 1942.

Dear Matty:

Due to the great interest and enthusiasm aroused
by the Congress of American-Soviet Friendship held
here in New York November 7th and 8th, and by meetings
inspired by a similar spirit throughout the country,
I have been receiving numerous inquiries as to whether
the work of the Congress cannot be continued permanently
in some form or other.

Accordingly, I am calling a small, informal
conference to discuss this subject at a luncheon meeting
at one o'clock, Saturday, December 5th, in the Hudson
Room of the Hotel Woodstock, 127 West 43rd Street, New
York City. Lunch will be $1.00 per person.

I am inviting to this meeting those individuals
who at the Congress expressed particular interest in
a permanent organization, representatives of the American
Council on Soviet Relations, and other persons who have
shown a special concern for the development of American-
Soviet cooperation and understanding. I hope that at
this conference we can draw up definite plans for the
future, based on full cooperation with the individuals
and organizations already working in this field.

I am counting on your valuable assistance and
advice in this matter. Will you please, therefore, let
me know at the above address whether or not you can be
present at our luncheon on December 5th?

Dr. F. O. Matthiessen,
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.