DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Washington, 0.C. 20520

 

March 10, 1970

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California 94305

Dear Professor Lederberg:

President Nixon has asked that we thank you for letting him
have your views. He believes that every American has the
right to address his President directly on matters of na-
tional concern,

The President would like to send you a personal reply but
since he receives thousands of letters daily, this is not
possible. He truly regrets this because he knows that those
who write to him are deeply concerned about our country's
problems. However, his correspondence is carefully read
and noted at the White House, and he is advised of its content.
Mail on foreign policy is often sent to the Department of

State for reply.

I assure you that the President and the Department are
pleased that you have given us the benefit of your thinking.

Sincerely yours,

   
  

ichael Collins
Assistant Secretary
for Public Affairs