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your wonderful magazine can
give to me.

My parents reside in
Beyrouth, Lebanon and since
they cannot write or speak
English it closes the avenue of
correspondence between us, so
I do not receive letters from
them either. I am 24 years old,
I have been in this country for
6 years, and was born in
Damascus, Syria. I am a former
graduate from the University
of Virginia, where I majored in
language, math and electronic
engineering.

It is not sympathy that I
seek, but I am asking you in
these last few hours of my life,
to please do all you can to help
me, for you see, I need to hear
from the American people. I am
white, 24 years old, 6 feet tall,
with deep brown eyes and hair
to match, 190 pounds in weigh
and single.

I am of course a monthly
reader of the digest. I was
buying your magazine even
before I could read or write
English. I faithfully promise to
answer all letters from both
young and old, regardless of
quantity.

I love our great America
and I only regret that God has
brought me so many thousands
of miles to perish on soil that I
so dearly love. If there are any
charges for the ad, please let
me know how much they are, I
will send you the money.

In closing I would like to
ask our most mercurial Saviour
to always bestow His blessings
upon all of you at Reader's
Digest for you efforts and
interests in my request for
pen-pals. Please try to put my
article in the 1973 July issue
and if at all possible, try to
send me a letter of
acknowledgment.

Somehow, I have God's
confidence that you will
consider my request and His
confidence is the greatest of
all.

Benny J. Sangid P.O. Box
667 Dublin, Virginia 24084