April 30, 1945
Dr. T. Addis
Stanford University
School of Medicine
2398 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, California
Dear Tom:
I delayed answering your letter of April 14 with the thought that I might have some discussions with W. S. Adams, Carl Anderson, and B. Gutenberg about Russia. I have not found it convenient to do this, however, and so I am writing to you to give you my opinion in general.
Adams, Anderson, and Gutenberg are all men of open mind and unusual intellectual capacity. It would be my opinion that no one of these men is prejudiced, and that each could be expected to have an open mind about Russia. I must repeat, however, that this opinion is based upon my general acquaintance with the men, and not on any specific discussion about Russia with them.
Cordially yours,
Linus Pauling
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