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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE P R ESI DEN T SOUTH EA ST fl EGIO ~AL OFFICE ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30308 \ AUG 2 619Si· Thomas M. Parham, .Executive Director Economic OPPORTUNITY Atlanta, Incorporated 101 Marietta Street Building, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Dear Mr. Parham: We have received the letter from Mr. Dan Sweat, Director of Governmental Liaison in Ma yor Ivan Allen, 's office, to which he appended the news article on the proposed Washington, D. C. Police Community Relations program. Jr. I have discussed the status of the grant with the Research and Demonstration Division at Office of Economic OPPORTUNITY Headquarters. We are sorry to inform you that the grant has already been made and the monies which he was interested in obtaining for a comparable program in Atlanta have been committeed. You might informMr. Sweat that the Headquarters' funding office expressed the possibility of funding other ex perimental Pollce Relations programs showing imaginative approaches to this urban community communication problem~ Mr. Bill Kopit of the Research and Demonstration Division will forward to us a copy of the Washington, D. C. Community Action Agency's proposal for your, and Mr. Sweat's examination. It is an example of a proposal which merited that office's attention. Plea~e ex press to Mayor Allen's office our appreciation for his support to Economic OPPORTUNITY Atlanta, Incorporated and his leadership in promoting s ensitivity to a nd unde rstanding of the problems of Atlanta's poor. l!. Sincerely, · " - ACCENT OPPORTUNITY - ·I I .. , ' �