Document N2kzLGQO4Q6dn3zgm4B6Rxq9R

October 4> Id71 H a r o l d H. oan Ur sj t c.aU, 'I . U. f i n i t e . o t - i t c s I Xxpa V t ..A-I i t O i A u 1"1 C 1 t UI * ' . , r i x .1 1 . . m i - . se a r ch S e r v i o H n . o o i . N o i . i -j. t .:^ u; " x - s u i r t h P i v i s i o n Nat.ri -1o:i; Utboraiory 2420 -ocwno . vbniie, N'ort;: vriaa-j, rori.ws>j :[o!rch b-aizota PS201 Dear .-_X-Ct UT 'idoC6au! a Lu-i Uxs ao r jO<j.r n o t e OI p c ; t i P t e r 2 8 . I a;.; .reclate y o u r cot ; r t e s y th.e r.ore b e c a u s e o f t h e r.-ai.fcr u i Aaxeli my COl.C2`i b i oil tO qiiid s u b j e c t , whi c h, u t i l r e c e n t l y , v/ere a i r s e t e u l u - e . . : J 1. c.'Vt`Ui `C o.n ;: r . . . r s t o n u i n p oi t ue o c c u y - a t ; P rob l e a o i exp o s are to lead, bac. ;.<c-cn received uy &certain sehiiient ox the scientific community. I even hesitated ij coLaaena your icport, except in a strictly private communication, .lest ...y prove..! snoluic turn out to be its "kiss oi death," so virulent have been the attacks :..on ne:. If I have turned out to be a pit aetensive in the ofi moments of my later year;, you will be able to! uiiUerstana vuXthin, oi the stress of finding out what a base deceive I am reput-eu tq oe, rartic.ilariy when you reaa the article in the Eaturuuy ueview oi two >veibs a,,o. : Not that baul Craig mentioned ne in his article. as a one-time / assoc Late >f Claire iatteruoa at California Institute oi Technology, as Is probably .-.wire that t : personal at taca is not an entirety convincing technique. Toe separation ji 'fact iro.m la.tcy, however, xn the nina of even an Intel li t lay x.u xiict, t.i no:c very v*U'tac, when tao ai ieged ly trained scientist cannot, hnnseli uii iu-rentiate between documented evidence and hearsay sources of a!. 1o _nformation, relating to tnei fields of .n-.tmon.ena entirely beyond ilia to ape* <. ,ce t i n ;c. Th; is ; .e i s , : of tiiis uuure . roo leu of our attempts to protect .'uv;.ni v e - . o . , .a.;.... ,,., i.ji.nPt U.o otxu,. b-anu_tecnnuio><:y of our tine, wntch l v--s -.e ... -I'lxtic:;'. ..up . . wu cUi.iioi. n:vcuti...a to, wii.out che need for invest i ,aturn, c-f i t . ..11, ...ahi -i o..i.'.,e .buiiist ..iOu.xt or -i .noeess, or an enter-.rise, wane chance di wc nave to fine mb truth about a situation. Such a cnance exists, It aoc-ui, .aly v/h;.n tiiwie is an agejney, an institution, or a unit sponsored by .uvernuent vh.ic.. ..is a*:q.. 1. U . cbiici coiilidcnc.. *e are, inueeu, in a curious state when tne enemies of c:.c "e.-t-.blisJijijent" exercise .-very eans of destroying public confidence in everythin d.ici. .-.t.aius, m any w-.y, as a symbol of whatever is r.-eant by the overrun,,' or f -h;.., or lufiineiitiai class, ana ^ucoeeci, even for a tioe, m doing so. PnCorf.ur. t lix-sifi hxe yields up to ail aisce rnin-r people too mny examp'es oi 'u.tut. vc -j-urs, a, ..aittl misj uaifioants, anu seemi n. ly wxiliui malfeasances oi re.-. or.r ibi L; ti- c lo ,nrbo,:.n gain ai one xinu or another, 3ome of which may be sen i airi y cieiu ly, but .any oi which hre subject to the interpretation of the press, . ai l ) .tnr. to i v mien.. 3-t I ..iu not ijntenaeu to give vent to my increasing concern about such ..at ters, ir isiavijn to tliej present ana future status of America in the worlu. I trust you v/.. l . not ini mi oi me| as axi unuuiy apprehensive man, for my impulse was merely to 3x.,resa my personal a.^recict.ui. .u your courtesy. It so happens, however, that I urn writ in. a piece for a uTestschrl i t ' in honor of Alice Hamilton, which has involved oe fairly :inroici h. n;;i;toad, M.i>. ^e 2 O ct o b e r 4, 1971 dee; 3' in toe ;connine rat r<L*i`Vvi-O 3 0 ;.Kj `O litl* xJ he vaea and now oj. tae -O i . OOTCXOi 1y y o u r S j :v ov : <v; \ o t e r t .1. f'ei- .o e, T o i GSo r .ia'j. ;es 4.t cu ^ a co ii -- 'O;. i. 0 i /y