25 February 1936
Dear Nathan,
I received the enclosed invitation. Since you are informed about these personages, you can surely advise me whether I should accept. A talk about such a vague topic as the one suggested would not come into consideration, but rather a popular scientific one, if at all. This matter is in fact quite troublesome for me, owing to the press hubbub accompanying every such step I take. But I don’t know of any other way to help those people.
Cordial regards, 
Yours,
	A. Einstein.
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[TLS. On embossed letterhead: “A. Einstein, 112, Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A.”]