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was a committee that Eric Johnston had to do with, as we felt that Eric Johnston and his group had more acceptance than our group--and this office received a call from the Second Secretary asking for more copies of the pamphlet so that Khrushchev could distribute them to the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a thing unheard of, as far as I know. I've never known of his responding to any individual letter from any American source, but he did this.

We also got some replies from some other countries. The Minister of Finance of France wrote a letter which was mildly sympathetic, but the most startling reaction was Mr. Khrushchev wishing more copies.

It got wide publicity in the press and, I think, was a very thoughtful and helpful job, except for the omission of any practical details.

Why was he so adamant about that point?

Well, I don't know. I think he felt that it might offend some people and keep the pamphlet from being as widely used as it otherwise could have been. What I wanted him to do was to say where medical information could be obtained and list the name and address of the Planned Parenthood Federation in New York City. It seemed to me to be a very simple thing, but he was extremely stubborn about it, and I never got it done.

Was there any official notice of it taken by the Administration?