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444 MADISON  AVENUE  
N E W  YORK  CITY  
TEL  HA  1-1221  HA  1-1 234  
FLORA  LEWIS  
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT  


:r:r . 1?il~ !·foyers 
':'he :·Jhite !Iou3e 
Wash~~~ton, ~. C. 
Dear Mr . i'Ioyers : 
I h~vc been lryin~ to r~~ch you fer some time to a~k for a little ir.formation 1 need in connection witl: <J "\:)ook 1 .?lm doing about the incident j_.,volvi'1g an A.ir Fo ..:ce crash and s11ccessful ~1unt 
...: for a missi'1g-:1 hornb off 3 Jain . 
I am tryinr-to reconstruct the star«' as far as ,ossibl12 . I underatand thaL the ?resident did give the incident some ?erso~al .s.t 1,entio11 a.,.-i ,... wculd not li°,<:e to leave him out of :the story. 
The fallowing l,,,e stions are the ones I wot~ld like to as,c the ~.mite douse . I co 11ot e·nect to he ahle to get to 1'7as 1inS?:ton a2a::.n in the near fu~ure :;;irl woulri there.fore he very gratf'ful :.f ycu could either send the an~wers or call ~c at your convenience, b2c~ure I 
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c~oi.;. la.., ne 1;,loj_e ..:ig wo1J o va~:e 11iOc~e nan a .._e;·J rr1' :1uves on Ln.e :)~1o:ie. 
~~esti-ns : 1. 1~t wnat ti.ne woE ·she ?resident first notificJ tmi.t an accident invol·1ing nuclear wea'Jo1s ~1-:i.c taken pl ace over 3 .ai'1? :'lrlo lrformed hi.rri .' '-'1'r.er .~ waE" he at t :1P. tine'? 
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2. I s ne i_,e~'-G o.i. , t:.e fi.rst m.essa!='"e avail&'Jle? Is his respo,.,se available? To what extent was the rre side 1t :-ic::-"'onclily
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i~.:.'or;ned o: subsequent developne71ts relatinr; to the ::.11cide11t? A'1y 
descriptive or special details available? 
3. Did the "?re side11t i~sue a.ny pc ::-onal ore..:...·:; or d5.rect · ves j'e::!..::ti n'.r to +;-c :_'Jciderit? T~ 0C"' ,
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L. I h3ve heo.rd 0 repor t :,:--,3.t t1e -:ircsident vJc.s ti:P 1.src::-011 1:· o ardered a relaxat:ion of tl.e v12r·1 re~tricti.ve 5:-iforn. i:.ion ~o::..icy in e~"fec t duri'lg tc1e first six weeks of the i:1cident. after he hlld seen a factual ser les of articles .'.ioout it i;i t:1e .ashi'1 ·to" ~o 't ,;iaking clear thnt a good many false rumors h d achi eved ";J ·de curre,..1cy 

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444 MADISON NEW YORK  AVENUE CITY  
TEL .  HA  1-1221  HA  1-1234  
FLORA LEWIS NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT  

Mr . :i1ill Ifoyars 
Aur;ust 3, 1966 
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in the absence ol inforrnation . Is that co:crect? Any details 
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p._...1y ::fo scr:) tive, colorfu1 or l110table details .:i.vail2ble o.f the mone...1t :vl1e11 t:1e .....,resident i.;o.s informed t ,at the l"1issing bor:b l:"'ld :)een lr..1cc..ted? Of t'1e mom:"1t iv\.cn tbe ?::....-c:ident 


,, was informed th~~ tl~ ~· ss~~~ bnr~ hid been ~ecovered? 
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;irim.'.ll'ily lookint; :~or· is sc:..2 colo1' that v2il: help rr.e recr22.i.,i::; t:1e rcalitv .::n·j the sense o:'.: lU',>;eYJcy <...;d ~n:0ortance of the accident . 
l wi2.l 'Jery rnuch ::.ppreci2t,e .J.ny help you cCJ.n :;ive me • 
.... incerely, 
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