To the Editors of the CRIMSON:
I should like to clear up two possible misunderstandings arising from your article of April 30 on the question of African history.
First, I was not one of the "high sources" (nor do I know who was) for the statement that "Harvard turned down in 1953 a Ford Foundation grant to establish an African studies program." I know nothing of this event; at the time I was not even teaching at Harvard.
Second, at its meeting two weeks ago, the history department made no decisions on African history. The meeting was of a purely exploratory character, and the exploration continues. H. Stuart Hughes History Department Chairman
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