LETTER TO MR. JAMES R. KILLIAN, JR. FROM WALTER B. SMITH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003100040109-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 109
• Publication Date: January 30, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. James R.I J,jiian Jr.
President
Massachusetts Institute of Teohuology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Killian:
I wish to express to you and the members of the
Corporation of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
n7 appreciation of the leave of absence granted to
Mr. Max Franklin W3kan for a period of service
with the Central. Intelligence Agency.
It is realized that Mr. Ml likan's services will
be greatly missed by HIT, but the importance of intelli-
gence to the security of our country can not be over
emphasised,
Please accept rty gratitude for this generous and
patriotic action of MIT.
Orig .. addressee
2 cc - s.igner1 cc - Central Records
1 cc - AD/R.
lee - Mr. John E. Burchard
Dean of Humanities, MIT
30 January 1951
Sincerely,
WALTER B. SMITH
Director
lee - Prof. Ralph E. Freeman
Dept of Economics & Social Sciences, MIT
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