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D ecem ber 18, 1956 \ N* M r. J . M . C am pbell T eclinical D irecto r R e se a rch L a b o ra to ries D ivision G en eral M otors C orporation B o x .188, N. End Station D e tro it M ichigan D e a r M r.. C am p b ell: S o m e t im e i ;i th e n e a r f u t u r e , I shall.' n e e d to. k n o w , f a i r l y d e f in it e ly , w h e th e r o r not ou r p ro p o sa l fo r an in v estig a tio n of the lung c a n c e r p ro b lem lias m et w ith the ap p ro v al, o r at le a s t, the in te r e s t -of.the group to w hich you intended to p r e s e n t it . T h e tim e i ; fa s t ap p roach in g , 'tvhsh I sh a ll h av e to plan the d ire c tio n and sco p e c i ou r a c tiv itie s in th is field of in v estig atio n fo r the com ing y e a r , and it would be v e ry h elp fu l if I could h av e so m e id e a of the p ros se cts th a t l i e b e fo r e u s. I do n o t need to 'e x p la in to you , I a ir. s u r e , th at we have to c u t c u r c lo th a c c o r d in g to the a c r u a l p a tt e r n o f o u r r e s o u r c e s . .Cron:- both, e x p erim en ta l and p ra ctica l view points, th is pattern, is c f uaaco.ti In te re st and c o n c e r n to u s , an d I do ao t w is h to ta k e o n o t h e r r e s p o n s i o '.li'.ie s th a t w ould m a k e i t im p o s s ib le to p u r s u e this w o rk if w e c a n u n d e rta k e i t . A n y a d v ic e y o u can give m e , w ith re s p e c t to the p o ten tia litie s of rhis p rop osal as w ell as its tim e tab le w ill be g rea tly ap p reciated . W ith k in d e st re g a rd s and b e st w ish es fo r the h o lid ay s e a so n , X am .Sin cerely y o u rs, . RAK ef R o b e r t A.. K e h o e , M . D . /<" 0 0 0 3 : 0 7