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.