Letter from Thomas Gold to Dr Tatsuzo Obayashi, Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo, Komba, Tokyo 153, Japan Is enclosing some ancient reprints that contain a discussion meeting related to Obayashi's recent one. These initially made the case that the decay of magnetic stored energy was responsible for flares, which was not gererally taken seriously until the late 50's or early 60's.