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   WASHINGTON

    November 30, 1971

Dear Dr. Freie:

My warmest congratulations to you on receiving the
Albert Lasker Medical Research Award for clinical
research.  There can be no question that this is one
of the most prestigious awards given in medical re-
search, and it is a source of special pride to me that
it was given to a member of the Federal Government's
medical research team.

Your findings that the early treatment of hypertension
can reduce deaths from stroke and congestive heart
failure have given new hope to millions of people
throughout the world.  In addition, the research method
you used -- the Cooperative Study Group embracing
eeventeen hospitals -- suggests that our Veterans
Administration hospitals offer great potential for re-
ducing the time necessary to test new treatments.

These splendid achievements have earned you the
gratitude of all our fellow citizens, and on their
behalf I am pleased to extend to you my very best
wishee for continued success in the future.

  Sincerely,

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Dr. Edward D. Freis
Senior Medical Investigator
Veterans Administration Hospital
50 Irving Street, NW.
Washington, D. C. 20422