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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-146-#01
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Title
1965-07-28, TLS Bùi-bàng-Hiên to Merton, 'This letter comes to you as a surprise as it does from a person whom you have never'
Date(s)
- 1965 July 28 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Typed signed letter.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Fr. R. Bùi-bàng-Hiên was writing from Saigon, South Vietnam.
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Scope and content
First lines: "This letter comes to you as a surprise as it does from a person whom you have never known before,"... Contents index: asking permission to translate «Seeds of Contemplation» into Vietnamese.
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- English
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Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Bùi-bàng-Hiên, R., Fr.