4 2 2 D O C . 4 7 5 T O F R I E N D S O F T H E N E W R U S S I A 475. To the Society of Friends of the New Russia[1] [Einstein 1929cc] Dated 29 March 1929 Published May 1929[2] In: Das neue Russland Zeitschrift für Kultur Wirtschaft u. Literatur 6, nos. 1–2 ([May] 1929): 77. To the Society of Friends of the New Russia Sincere thanks for your good wishes as well as for the communication of the congratulations of the Gesellschaft für kulturelle Verbindung der Sowjetunion mit dem Auslande.[3] I request that you convey the following reply: I sincerely thank the Gesellschaft für kulturelle Verbindung der Sowjetunion mit dem Auslande for its amiable good wishes. In return, I express the wish that the great efforts made by the new Russia to broaden access to cultural values among the Russian people, as well as to promote scientific efforts in Russia, might also in the future help your country thrive. Respectfully yours, A. Einstein