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-32- [[preprinted]] State of California GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SACRAMENTO 95814 [[image: seal of the state of California]] EDMUND G. BROWN JR. GOVERNOR [[/preprinted]] ^[[Received Special Delivery 6:30 p.m. May 6, 1976]] May 4, 1976 Dr. S. Dillon Ripley Secretary Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 Dear Dr. Ripley: I am most appreciative of your visit to Sacramento last December to explore California's interest in the possible establishment of a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution at the California Exposition site. The State of California is submitting a formal proposal to your Board of Regents this month requesting that a feasibility study be conducted of a joint federal/state effort to establish a bureau at Cal Expo. Accompanying the proposal is a resolution passed overwhelmingly by both houses of the California State Legislature endorsing this concept. The people of California and the Western United States would derive great historical, cultural, and educational benefits from the location of a western bureau of the Smithsonian Institution here in Sacramento. I realize that the Smithsonian Institution is not actively searching for bureau sites, but it is my view that this Bicentennial year would be an appropriate time for the Institution to expand westward "...for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." Sincerely, [[signed]] Edmond G. Brown Jr [[/signed]] EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Governor