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14th July, 1958.

T.A.W. Cole, Esq.,
3, Sage Villas,
Elmstead Market,
Colchester,
Essex.

Dear Mr.Cole,

In Mr.Ryan's absence in Germany I am writing to thank you
for your letter of the 9th July. I know Mr.Ryan is very sorry
that we were unable to arrange a mutually convenient appointment.
However, he has asked me to say that your questionnaire was so complete
and the account you gave so precisely the sort of thing that he was
searching for that he is confident he will be able to use extracts from
it as he is writing the book. I do not think, therefore, that we need
trespass on any more of your time.

As you must well appreciate, we are dealing with several thousand
neople, and in the book's final edited formed 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 enclosed for your
use.

It may well be y 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,
(Joan Ogle Isaacs)