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October 18, 1977

Honorable Henry M. Jackson
Chairman
Audit and Review Committee
Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Instiution
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510

Dear Scoop:

One of the recommendations contained in the Hughes Report approved by the Board of Regents at its recent meeting concerned audit reports prepared by our internal auditors and their availability for the Regents' Audit and Review Committee.

If convenient for yourself, I would be happy to arrange a briefing session for you and the members of your Committee at which our Director of Audits could describe his functions and summarize the reports prepared over the past year. Of course earlier reports can be made available to you as well.

There is enclosed a list of our most recent audits which are available for your review. This list is considered to be confidential for internal purposes only.

I want to thank you for your efforts in our behalf and look forward to hearing from you.

With all best wishes, I am,

Sincerely yours,

[[Signature]]

S. Dillon Ripley
Secretary

Enclosure

cc: Mr. James E. Webb