Michael Linton
July 23, 1984
John Turmel
720-33 Banner Rd.
Nepean, Ontario, K2H 8V7
Dear John:
Thank you very much for your letter
and the cheques that you've
enclosed. The terms of your support as you've outlined in
your letter
are indeed extraordinary. I want to congratulate you both on
your
generosity and your vision. Thank you very much on behalf of
myself
and the people who will undoubtedly benefit from your
contribution.
However, before we proceed into any
depth into the use of the
funds you have made available, I wanted to make it clear what
kind of
understanding exists between us. On your side, I think the
understanding if fairly clear - what you are willing to make
available
to us and the ends to which you se me using it. I assure you
that I
will make the best use I can of what you offer.
However, it is also important that
we are in clear understanding
to what reciprocal support I can offer you in your immediate
aspirations. As we discussed on the telephone the other day,
my
understanding from all the sources that I am currently
exploring is
that it would be counter productive to become associated with
any
particular political directions at this stage. Especially
anything
that smacks of fringe, either lunatic of sane.
The problem with the acceptance of
any entirely new paradigm is,
first of all, that it will inevitably raise rejection from
that
conservative element which exists in all of us. And it is
appropriate
to take people's rejection of the process - "oh, that's
just another
Green Party trip!"
However, I will give total support,
both documentation and
information, affirmation, whatever, to anybody who seeks our
advice or
support in relation to local economic trading and personal
money
systems, which includes therefore both the green dollar local
systems
and your Greenback proposition.
You may count on me absolutely for
any support of that nature and
please do refer anybody to me who wishes information on our
programmes...
So in conclusion, thank you very
much for your initial support in
this program and I'd like your assurance that we are still
able to
proceed in concert.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Linton.
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