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1, WE Ad( NOT ENTIRELY RE WHAT THE AMERICAN FRIENDS
OF THE FAITH AND HOPE SOCIETY 15 AND WOL4D
APPHICIAVt ANY INFORMATIOe4 DEPT MAY BE ABLE To
PROVIDE,0WE ASSUME IT WAS SET UP AS AN ORGANIZATION
TO SOLIC ft TA)K FREE CONTRIBAJTZO#S TO THE
FAITH ANsD!HOP SOCIETY. IF THZS ASSUMPTION
CORRECT, 'IT SEEMS NATURAL THAT QRGANZZATION
WOULD WA V TO GET #OST PRESTIGIOUS NAMES ON ITS
40OARD IN SUPOR OF FUND 5LiCIrA'I?~. ( COTS,
W4ILE fWE A ND TAODR, SALK IS A t0~dAT
CONTRVE.AL FIGURE ZN SOME SCIENTdFTC
CIW.LES, M*IS MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD WOUJL0
CERTAINLY LEND IT SOME ADDITIONAL PRESTIGE.
2. SQ FR AS SALK'S ZNTER$T ZN HELPING THE
EGYPTIANS. TO COMBAT THEIR POLI40 PROBLEM IS
CCNCERNEQ, THIS SHOULD SE APPROACHED WITH CAUTIQN,
NAMRU DIRECTOR, CAPTAIN MINER, ADVZSES THAT THE
POLIO PR)BLEPA IN EGYPT IS AN EXCEEOINGLY
SENSITIVE* ISSUE. A DEBATE IS CURRENTLY RAGING
ON SUCH I6SUES AS: IS THERE A PROBLEM; IF~ 6?,
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