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Dear Mr. President: The most important event in the long record of athletics in the south will be the dedication of Atlanta's new great municipal stadium and~ the opening day when the former Milwaukee Braves arrive here in April, 1966. It . s other of these y u f' d it possible present. W S2--

g:i1ie present- plan;,,, to dedicate the stadium at a special

game between t!;.e present Braves and the I~ ternational League All-Stars 14(,:> on July 29th. The a.cttta.l ar:eircil of1°he Braves he fie: opening day in April 1966 has not yet been scheduled.~ I would appreciate it if you would t/11. treat this purely as an informal inquiry as to the possibility of your being here on either of these two occasions . I would take the further liberty of recommending that you consider more seriously the ope ning o f major league baseball in the Spring of 1966 when the Braves open their twenty - fi v e year contract �