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I admire your grasp of the political system and realities here. You flatter us American with your knowledge. My thoughts on foreign efforts to persuade Congress . . . The government here might take the whole thing more seriously if they realize there are people around the world who are WATCHING to see if Congress will do the intelligent thing and devote research funds to finding a cure for a problem which is extremely expensive to deal with, not to mention the unnecessary pain and suffering. Now your Foreign Secretary idea . . . some might ask, "Why would the British government start getting involved in our decision to fund (or not) this research? What has the British gov't devoted to such research, by the way? (They would ask.) At that level it could look like meddling. On _our_ level, it just looks like one afflicted person being supportive of another, regardless of nationality. Which they probably wouldn't even notice. Cheers, David Robert Austen ---------