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2/th Carbon
Orig I stearbore to me toppic G-B
Personal and Confidentiel 2nd carbon Fransfurte
3rd
carbon
-synopsisfile
May 11, 1953.
4 th carbon file copy
Dear Mac:
Thank you very much for your letter of May 5
regarding Oppiel: suggestion for getting me to work
as painlessly as possible. I have thought about it
a great deal sinee he spoke with me and have had some
S.
discussion regarding it. Hovever, the matter contin-
the
ues to be too nebulous in my mind to get any real
D.S.
conclusions -- even tentative ones -- and perhaps
this letter, of which I an sending a copy to Oppie,
will help me to clarify my problems and elicit some
help from you two.
In your note you reasure me that in selecting those
who might work with me I could count on any not selected
understanding and not feeling hurt. You also state
your preference for a written record, which would be
mine.
These two points, which some might think were
details which could be worked out as we went along,
seem to me important because they point up the central
problem of what I vould be trying to do. Perhaps in
thinking about them in that connection ve might find
the way to answer both these questions and the
larger problem. Because, clearly, the question who
should be selected cannot be sensibly answered until
we know for what purpose the selection is being made;
and also the matter of whether there should be a writ-
ten record, in turn, depends upon the further question
of what the record is to be about.
It seems to me that there are two main approaches
which might be taken; although in practice the actual
course might be any one of a number of variations or
combinations of either or both.
Mr. McGeorge Bundy,
Department of Government,
Littauer Center M-22,
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts.
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"ocrText": "2/th Carbon\nOrig I stearbore to me toppic G-B\nPersonal and Confidentiel 2nd carbon Fransfurte\n3rd\ncarbon\n-synopsisfile\nMay 11, 1953.\n4 th carbon file copy\nDear Mac:\nThank you very much for your letter of May 5\nregarding Oppiel: suggestion for getting me to work\nas painlessly as possible. I have thought about it\na great deal sinee he spoke with me and have had some\nS.\ndiscussion regarding it. Hovever, the matter contin-\nthe\nues to be too nebulous in my mind to get any real\nD.S.\nconclusions -- even tentative ones -- and perhaps\nthis letter, of which I an sending a copy to Oppie,\nwill help me to clarify my problems and elicit some\nhelp from you two.\nIn your note you reasure me that in selecting those\nwho might work with me I could count on any not selected\nunderstanding and not feeling hurt. You also state\nyour preference for a written record, which would be\nmine.\nThese two points, which some might think were\ndetails which could be worked out as we went along,\nseem to me important because they point up the central\nproblem of what I vould be trying to do. Perhaps in\nthinking about them in that connection ve might find\nthe way to answer both these questions and the\nlarger problem. Because, clearly, the question who\nshould be selected cannot be sensibly answered until\nwe know for what purpose the selection is being made;\nand also the matter of whether there should be a writ-\nten record, in turn, depends upon the further question\nof what the record is to be about.\nIt seems to me that there are two main approaches\nwhich might be taken; although in practice the actual\ncourse might be any one of a number of variations or\ncombinations of either or both.\nMr. McGeorge Bundy,\nDepartment of Government,\nLittauer Center M-22,\nCambridge 38, Massachusetts."
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