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8 t h . Septeuiber 1 9 5 1 .

To Mr» Gunner Myrdal,
S e c r e t a r y of t h e ibconoinic Coxaraission f o r Europe,
c / o S e c r e t e r i f i t E.C.E,
G E N E V .A.

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Today I had a talk with i'rof. Dr, J.Tinbeix:en, Director of
the Central i l&nning Office of the Netherlands, v/ho"sug£,ested the
possibility of a post for me v/ith the staff of your secretariat. He
advised rae to vo'ite you a personal letter. I'rof. Tinber^jen himself
v?ill «Iso contact you on this subject.
^ bout myself I can give you briefly the following inl'oï-xaation:
T ju 44 years of age and a master of arts in economics.
.iince many years I have been working as a high official vdth
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fiüvernmen^
"" -s with business entcrr^rises ao an econojiiic
Ifier.

iJui'in^' 1945 ~ lv4u I was a d e l e g a t e t o t h e ^xeVi^ency economic
Committee f o r üiuroije i n London and rei>resented t h e c h i e f üele^^ate of
t h e Netlxerlands, Mr. Larqping, on a l l i n d u s t r i a l subcomraittees of t h e

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Iii rebruar;>' 195^ I g o t my h o n o u r a b l e d i s m i s s a l from t h e
overmüent-sex'vice. Since t h e n I s t u d i e d p o l i t i c a l and s o c i o l O t ^ i c a l
s c i e n c e s and i.aeanv;hile I r e o r g a n i s e d a o r i v a t a f i r m , v.'hich r e o r g a n i s a t i o n
t e r m i n a t e d on t h e 1 s t . of /vugust 1951»
i r , . . i n b e r g e n , who knov/s me v / e l l , h a s the i d e a -laost v i v i d l y
s h a r e d by me- t h a t a p o s t w i t h your G e c r e t s r i a t would be t h e most
s u i t a b l e j o b f o r lae, I am t h o r o u g h l y a c q u a i n t e d v/ith a l l k i n d s of
reseai'chv.'ork on econonics and I asi v e r y i n t e r e s t e d i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l
q u e s t i o n s ; e s p e c i a l l y I s u p p o r t t h e U.IT. v.rorld-oTganiC":\tion, t h e d e v e i o p nisri
' a l o s e i y follovr s i n c e 194^.
hope you w i l l be p r e p a r e d t o c o n s i d e r t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of
a p o s t f o r me v/ith your s e c r e t a r i a t , i n c a s e jjou r e q u i r e f mother i n f o r m a t i o n , :-'?p.^..';A l e t me laiov/.
xiisinking you i n a n t i c i p j i t i o n , I axa
sincerelj'" y o u r s ,

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