UNITED STATES
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THECHAIRMAN
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18 March 1955
Dear Mr. President:
With reference to the letter which
you received from Dean Rusk of the Rockefeller
Foundation offering to finance the National
Academy of Sciences in an independent study
of the genetic and other effects of fall-out
from meclear detonations, this is simply to
complete the staff work and to let you know
that I have been in communication with
Mr. Rusk and that the matter is under way.
Respectfully,
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