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PROF. DR J .

TUÏBERGEN

The Hague, 23 January 1953
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Dr Arthur Smithies,
Department^of Economics,
Harvard University,
M-8 Llttauer Center,
Cambridge 38, lHass,
USA.
Dear Smithies,
Thank you very much for yours of January 9.
It is a great satisfaction for me that you would also
consider me a candidate "as I am" and T want to thank you
very --uch for it. You are right that there was an ambiguity
in my answer. The choice was very difficult indeed for me
and this explp'
'he delay in this answer. T have, however,
to finish some . -S here which will take me a few ye=jrs.
This is why I cannot now accept the candidacy. I hope that
you do not misinterpret my appreciation for it.
With best personal regards,
yours very sincerely,

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