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March 11, 1970

AIRMAIL

Mr. R. K. Sundaram, Director
International Wing
Geological Survey of India
27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road
Calcutta -13, India

Your Ref:   33/137/11/1921/46

Dear Sir:

Thank you for your kind and encouring letter of February 17. Thank you also for the valuable suggestions.

Shortly before receiving your communication I had scheduled a visit to India for April, and my schedule is now such that I will be in Calcutta, April 6-7 en route to New Dalhi and Bombay. I would be very happy if you could find time to see me so that we may discuss the possibility of a visit to the Lonar crater and/or any further participation you and your colleagues may find desirable. Would it also be possible to arrange, through your good office, an audience with the Director General, Mr. Balasundaram, whom I had the pleasure to meet once in Nagpur.

If there should be an interest, I would be willing to give a seminar on our recently completed studies of Apollo 11 materials, for the Geology Club which I had the honor to address once before. The title could be "Mineralogy petrology and origin of the Moon".

I am looking forward with great pleasure to be in India again and to make your personal acquaintance.

I will be leaving Washington in a few days for California but shall be in contact with my office until March 27.

Sincerely yours,

Kurt Fredriksson
Curator
Division of Meteorites