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May Concern,</SPAN> </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>We
are a copyright agent for The Society for the Promotion of the University
of the Air (SPUA), a government-subsidized foundation in Tokyo which produces
textbooks for high-quality educational TV programs for broadcasting
throughout Japan.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>SPUA
plans to publish a textbook in Japanese, titled "Evolving Space" for its
academic year beginning April 2005. It will publish 1,000 copies, priced at
2,100 Japanese yen, in the first
year.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>In
this textbook, SPUA intends to use <FONT color=#000080>an
image </FONT><FONT color=#000000>(<FONT color=#000080>Sagittarius A -
filamentary structure</FONT>) </FONT>shown in you website -- <FONT
color=#000080><A
href="http://www.nrao.edu/imagegallery/php/level3.php?id=12">http://www.nrao.edu/imagegallery/php/level3.php?id=12</A></FONT><FONT
color=#000080><A
href="http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/mw/mmw_product.html#viewgraph"></A>.
</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Please
see our attached file. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">It would
be very much appreciated if you could give your
permission to SPUA and show us your terms and conditions for
republications of these figures. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=black><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>Waiting
for your prompt reply.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>Yours
faithfully,</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
=<BR>Masasuke Okumura </STRONG></SPAN></FONT><FONT
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Director <BR>Universal Marketing & Consulting Associates, Inc.
(Unimac)<BR>1-19-1005, Kashiwadai, Inage-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Pref. 263-0053
Japan<BR>Tel: +81-(0)43-284-2784 Fax:
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