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GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE 1726 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON 6. D. C. A DUPONT 7-6964 June 12, 1957 \ EDWARD H. LITCHFIELD Chairman of the Board LUTHER GULICK President H. PHILIP METTGER Vice-President and Secretary RICHARD V. WOODRUFF Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS RALPH J. BUNCHE TAYLOR COLE JOHN J. CORSON LUTHER GULICK EDWARD H. LITCHFIELD H. PHILIP METTGER OTTO L. NELSON PETER H. ODEGARD JAMES K. POLLOCK ROGER H. WELLS Mr. A1 Freeman Public Relations Manager The Sands Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Mr. Freeman: EVRON M. KIRKPATRICK V. O. KEY, JR. CONSULTANTS CHARLES AIKIN HAROLD F. ALDERFER GEORGE C. S. BENSON ARTHUR F. BRANDSTATTER CARL H. CHATTERS PAUL T. DAVID CARL J. FRIEDRICH ERNEST S. GRIFFITH A. MILLER HILLHOUSE WALTER H. C. LAVES HARVEY MANSFIELD KEITH L. SEEGMILLER LAURISTON SHARP HARVEY WALKER S. B. ZISMAN It was a pleasure to talk with you the other day about a visit to Las Vegas by Michel Clergy..Foreign Editor of Paris-Match, who is visiting the United States as a guest olthe atratb IJepartiHTOt' unggr the Foreign Leader Exchange Program. Thank you for your friendly and cooperative re- sponse to my call. After^speaking with you, T revised Mr. Clare's itinerary to enable hxm to be in Las Vegas at the time of the June 25 test. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to arrange for him to be accredited as an observer. The State Department invited one observer from each of forty-seven nations to observe any one of the tests in the current series. The French Press Attache already had nominated Mr-. La Grange to be an observer, and the latter has witnessed a test, thus preventing Mr. Clerc's nomination as an observer. About the most Mr. Clerc can hope for, therefore, is to gather some color material about life in and near Las Vegas during a test siiotf ?╟≤ ??iero J*111 arrive in Las Vegas at 9s00 P.M. June on Bonanza 1 light 33 from Reno. I have told him that you had kindly offered to meet him at the airport, provided you are free to do so at that busy time. To aid you in identifying him, Mr. Clerc is a well-dressed man of medium height is thirty-five years of age. He will leave Las Vegas at o:30 P.M. June 26 by air for San Francisco. . /s f. ?½fest 6f the Stat?½ department, Mr. Clerc receives twelve dollars a day for living expenses, and the government also defrays the cosf^oT*Sl^"*l?╟ú''' J? VleW ??f th?½ comparatively small per diem payment, I shall be most grateful to you and Mr. Entratter for giving Mr. Clerc a room at The Sands at a reduced rate. I menti??ned on the telephone, I called Mr. Entratter New IorkM * 01 h d been referred to him by State Senator Halpem of a MP0^kSJ.EngliS?╜ fluently * He is a mo3t charming man although unrealistic in terms of what he can accomplish in the limited time he has available in the United States. Mr. Clerc is especially eager to visit Alamo to talk with the same people Paul Jacobs interviewed for his Reporter article. I relayed to Mr. Clerc your doubts about his ability to move freely in Alamo and also took pains to point out to him that I doubt if he could