PUBLIC APPEAL BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE
                  FOR RESTORATION OF NASA's HRMS SETI PROJECT


        The following message was faxed to me today by Arthur C. Clarke from
    his home in Sri Lanka.  This is in response to our recent communications
    concerning the launch of an international public appeal to restore
    funding for NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS) SETI Project.
    Arthur has given me permission to reproduce his message to The British
    Interplanetary Society:


                                               27th October 1993.


    The Executive Secretary
    The British Interplanetary Society
    London.

        I am deeply distressed to learn that the work of the S.E.T.I.
    Institute is no longer to be funded by the United States Government.

        One of the most important of all philosophical questions is whether
    there are other intelligent lifeforms in the universe with whom we may
    one day make contact.

        The work of the S.E.T.I. Institute is far too important to be
    allowed to drop, but as it is for the benefit of every country in the
    world, we should all support it in any way we can.

        I would therefore suggest that the British Interplanetary Society
    should lead the support from this country, and am arranging for a cheque
    to be forwarded to you for this purpose.

                             Yours faithfully,


                                          Arthur C. Clarke, C.B.E.


    October 29, 1993
    File: CLARKE1.TXT


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