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28th July, 1958.

1871173 WOII R. Western, R.E.,
CRE Caribbean Area,
Up Park Camp,
Kingston,
Jamaica.

Dear Mr. Weston,

I feel I must personally write to thank you for the
wonderful contribution which you have made in the preparation of
the D-Day book which I am writing.

The account you gave in your questionnaire was precisely
the sort of thing that I was searching for and I feel confident
that I will be able to use extracts from this as I am writing the
book.

As you must well appreciate, we are dealing with several
thousand people, and in the book's final edited form, we shall
probably be lucky if we can do more than give each participant a few
lines. It is the sum total, however, of all these accounts which I
hope will give the book its accuracy and unbiased presentation.

I have one more request to make of you. In order to extract
some material from your questionnaire, I will need your signature to
the attached release. A stamped and addressed envelope is attached
for your use.

It may well be a year before the manuscript is published in The
Reader's Digest, but at that time we will duly send you a copy of the
issue with the story "The Longest Day".

Yours sincerely,

(Cornelius J. Ryan)