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The letter is typed on Secretary of State letterhead with an official seal. See also Dulles biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000522) as well as Walter's biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108).

Dulles writes to Walter regarding his proposed trip to Japan; Foster concurs that the trip would be useful and suggests that Walter go after the new government has been installed in office after the February 27 elections. He agrees that with Mr. McLeod as a fellow traveler, he and Walter will be able to "usefully look into the refugee conditions in Hong Kong and other places in the Far East." Dulles offers the assistance of the State Department.