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January 18, 1967

Director of Residences and Conferences
Room 221, Encina Hall
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Attention: Mrs. Lois Butts

Gentlemen:

This letter will confirm Mr. Tseng's telephone conversation with Mrs. Butts regarding use of the Stanford Campus facilities for the Phi Lamda Fraternity U.S. 1967 National Conference on June 30, July 1 and 2, 1967 which will require room and meals for approximately 200 people.

The PLUS fraternity has been in operation since 1919 and consists of Chinese students from various universities and colleges around the world. Its members are interested in China and some day plan to return there to help their people resolve some of their problems in the areas of government, economics and education. We feel that this interest in China on the part of educated Chinese here in the United States should be encouraged and ultimately might be helpful in solving ideological differences between people everywhere.

For the last 40 years, the headquarters of PLUS and their national conferences have been located on the east coast in New York, Boston and Washington D.C. This year, Mr. Alex Tseng of SLAC has been nominated as national Chairman and therefore it seemed logical that the 1967 conference should be here on the west coast. The Stanford Campus would be an ideal setting because of its location and the facilities available. The East Asian Department of Hoover Institute and the Chinese Club of Stanford University have agreed to be co-sponsors for the conference.

We have verbally informed our twelve sub-chapter chairmen, including those from Hawaii, Taiwan and Hong Kong, that the conference will be held June 30, July 1 and 2, 1967. However, we cannot confirm this date until we receive your approval for use of the Campus facilities.

Your earliest reply will be appreciated.

Sincerely yours,
John T. Ma
Curator- Librarian
East Asian Collection

JTM:AAT: m
cc: A. Tseng, SLAC
John Hanson, Associate Dean of Students
N.C. Wang,
Chairman, Chinese Club of Stanford University