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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>Dear Massimo, Dick, Marc, and Richard,</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>cc: Janet Bauer</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>I forward the message on ALMA-J budget from Norio Kaifu.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>We ALMA-J project members were very excited when we
received the</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>announcement from MEXT. We appreciate very much your
continuous</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>encouragement and cooperation.</span></font></b></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>Janet:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>Would you please forward this e-mail to ASAC members?</span></font></b></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>Masato</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> Dear ALMA Board Members,</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> I am pleased to inform ALMA Board Members that MEXT
has formally </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> announced that the ALMA-J construction budget has been
included in the </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> FY2004 Budget request submitted to the Ministry of
Finance at the end </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> of August.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> The </span></font></b><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:normal'>ALMA</span></font><font
size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'> budget request for eight years is 25.6 Billion Yen (217.3
M$,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>1$=117.8</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> Yen) and that for FY2004 is 1.081 Billion Yen (9.18 M$,1$=117.8
Yen). </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> The above budget does not include personnel costs of
ALMA-J staff and</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>other</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> resources contributed by NAOJ. The total resource
for ALMA-J</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>construction in</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> eight years is expected to be about 260 M$.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> There might be a small adjustment before the final
approval by the</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>Government,</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> but this is certainly the entrance to </span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>ALMA</span></font><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:normal'> in </span></font><font
size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>Japan</span></font><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:normal'> and is
a firm step </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> forward to our formal participation.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> I thank you all for your cooperation which has been
greatly helpful </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> for us</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>to</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> achieve this step, and we would appreciate your
continuous support </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> toward</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>the</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> full participation of </span></font></b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>Japan</span></font><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:normal'> in
this unprecedented project.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>></span></font></b></p>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> With best regards,</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> Norio Kaifu</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'>> Director General of NAOJ</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'>Janet
Bauer</span></font></i></b></strong></p>
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