On Mon, 6 Feb 1995, Mario Rups wrote:
 
> >On Fri, 3 Feb 1995 [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> >> Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the 5th draft (apparently
>  ...
> >     The final revised script of "The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the
> >End of World War II" is available "at cost (unstated)" from the Office of
> >Public Affairs of the National Air and Space Museum (202) 357-1552.
>  ...
> >Hank Burchard * Weekend Section * The Washington Post
>
> No idea whence you got that information, Mr Burchard -- but I called that
> office (they refer you to the central public affairs office, 357-2627).
> The script is NOT available, not at cost, not for anything, not from them,
> not from anyone.
>
> If you have a copy, as I am beginning to infer you do, would YOU be willing
> to sell at cost?  And what IS cost?
>
> Mario Rups
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     I was quoting the cover sheet of the final revised version to which
I have access. Apparently the museum has changed its policy. Perhaps it
would be useful to write directly to I Michael Heyman, Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560 and ask him whether he
approves of NASM's refusal to supply, at no cost to the Smithsonian, a
copy of a document of great public interest prepared at public expense.
 
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