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OCR Page 1 of 2COPY OF HANDWRITTEN LETTER
September 16, 1953.
S.
Dear
George: Parkins
U.S AND
In July, at Oppenheimer's request I began an
experiment at the Institute of Advanced Study at Prince-
ton. The idea was to get down through the method of a
seminar, composed partly of colleagues of mine and partly
of academic people, my chief impressions and conclusions
before memory faded.
Oppie believes the results so far are useful.
We have dealt with, aside from some general ideas and
personal notations, the negotiation of NAT, the formation
of the Bonn Government, the CFM of 1949 and lifting of
the Berlin blockade.
On Sat. afternoon Oct 10 & Sunday morning Oct 11,
we begin on matters which you dealt with. I am enclosing
a rough outline which may take more than these two meetings.
We should greatly hope that you will join us. We
hope to have there - Oppie, Mac Bundy, Herbert Feis, Profs.
Graham and Sprout of Princeton, Ed Earl (if well enough) of
the School for Adv. Study, Averell, Rusk, Jessup, Fisher,
Nitze, Barrett, Joe Johnson.
Our plan of procedure is for me to tell a portion of
the story as I recall it with interruptions for correction
and clarity. Then to have the participants tell what happened
from their angle and to bring out the significant aspects,
review decisions and possible alternatives, and draw any con-
clusions possible. The idea is not to write history but to
aid those who may some day 20 so.
We would like very much to have you. You could attend
any or all meetings which interested you. I will soon have a
revised outline of future topics. The plan is to meet the
second Saturday afternoon and evening and the next Sunday
morning of each month through May. In Nov. (because of the
Yale-Princeton game, we propose to meet on Thurs. afternoon
Nov. 12 and riday morning Nov. 13. The Institute pays our
traveling expenses and puts us up at the Princeton Inn.
Such is the story. Please join us if you can and
brush up your memory At any rate it is a pleasant company.
My love to Linn and my respects to your Mother. I
shall hope to see you.
With warmest regards.
/s/ Dean
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