1958-11-20 (#01), TL Andrade from Merton, 'I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful,'

First lines: "I am grateful to you for your long and interesting letter, and for your thoughtful, sincere answer"... Contents index: Child in statue should be holding a "fruit, flower or leaf" indigenous to South America - not corn because of associations with bad art / acknowledges problems with the monastic mission in Ecuador, but sees value in a cultural and social mission to Indians - opposition from orthodox Communists.