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BECEINED 1:8° TS MAL 7 Idlewild Lane Matawan, New Jersey January 24, 1964 Mr. Dwight D. Eisenhower Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Dear General: I am a member of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), headquarters Washington, D.C., and would greatly appreciate your answering the following questions: 1- Do you believe the unidentified flying objects currently being seen in our skies to be un- known superior machines under intelligent control? 2- If your answer to question #1 is in the positive, do you believe the UFOs to be extrater- restrial vehicles? 3- Do you believe the United States Air Force is conducting a policy of secrecy and censor- ship in regard to UFOs? 4- Do you support NICAP in its fight to persuade Congress to conduct an impartial open in- vestigation into the UFO problem? 5- If your answer to question #3 is in the positive, do you consider such a policy to be justi- fied? Thank you. Sincerely yours, John Laval NICAP member for Gettysburg, Pennsylvania RLS/dkb January 28, 1964 Dear Mr. Laval: General Eisenhower has asked me to reply to your letter of January 24th. While he would like to respond personally to your queries, the great demands on his time and his present writing chores make it impossible for him to do so. In addition, as a policy of long standing, General Eisenhower does not complete questionnaires. With appreciation for your understanding of the circum- stances surrounding this negative reply, Sincerely, s/w ROBERT L. SCHULZ Brig. Gen., U.S.A. (Ret.) Executive Assistant Mr. John Laval 7 Idlewild Lane Matawan, New Jersey SEAL The DNIVER

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