Letter from Thomas Gold to Dr Harold Lane, Astronomy Section, National Science Foundation, 1800 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC Concernig permission for Dr S F Dermott to us funds from NSF Grant AST 79 - 16474 to attend a meeting in London, England in November 1979 organized by the Royal Astronomical Society and entitled 'Asteroids and Other Mihnor Objects in the Solar System'. 5 October 1979