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-4- [[preprinted]] [[image: black-and-white line drawing of the Smithsonian Castle]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Washington, D.C. 20560 U.S.A. [[/preprinted]] October 29, 1980 Honorable Warren E. Burger The Chief Justice of the United States Chancellor, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C 20543 Dear Mr. Chancellor: Your Regents' Personnel Committee, consisting of the undersigned, has carefully reviewed the [[underline]]Confidential Statement of Employment and Financial Interests[[/underline]], fully filled out and submitted by each of the following employees: S. Dillon Ripley Phillip S. Hughes John F. Jameson Charles Blitzer David Challinor Paul N. Perrot Julian T. Euell James McK. Symington Lawrence E. Taylor James M. Hobbins Peter G. Powers Christian C. Hohenlohe As a result of our careful review of these statements as submitted and following our discussion of them at a committee meeting held on October 29, 1980, we have unanimously decided that there is no conflict of interest whatsoever involved and that no action of any kind concerning conflict of interest need be taken with regard to any employee. Respectfully yours, [[signed]]Kenneth Rush[[/signed]] Kenneth Rush, Chairman [[signed]]George H Mahon[[/signed]] George H. Mahon [[signed]]Carlisle H Humelsine[[/signed]] Carlisle H. Humelsine