Business correspondence Letter 1

23rd April, 2010

Dear Dr. Arlington,

It is a great pleasure to have a letter from you and to learn that you have recovered completely from your accident. Frankly speaking, I was very much worried about any possible consequences.

Dr. Maria Smirnova, a very good friend of mine, from Moscow University is to deliver a series of lectures at Cambridge University and I am making use of this opportunity to send you a little present from Moscow. I hope you will like it.

Prior to your accident I sent you a copy of our method which proved to be very successful in our laboratory. I would like very much to have your opinion and to know whether it is possible to employ it under your laboratory conditions.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

A.B. Karpov

Letter 2

5th May, 2010

Dear Dr. Karpov,

I wish to thank you sincerely for your kind letter of 23rd April.

I am happy to inform you that we have used your method and the results are remarkable.

As soon as I complete the graphs and tables I will send them to you for comparison.

You cannot imagine how much I appreciate the fine present you sent me via Prof. Maria Smirnova. She has given me a short outline of the work you are carrying out in your laboratory. She is a very charming woman and I enjoyed the fine talks and discussions that we had.

I am looking forward to seeing you at the Colloquium in August.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Roger Arlington

Letter 3

22nd January, 2009

Dear Prof. Andreyev,

I am very glad to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 12th December enclosing the newspaper cutting. It was very interesting news indeed and I enjoyed reading it immensely.

I am making use of this opportunity to approach you with a request. Would you be so kind as to send me the Statistical Year-Book for 2008, if it is available? I need it badly for my research in economic development in African countries.

I shall be very grateful to you if you can oblige.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Robert A. Sparrow

Letter 4

3rd June, 2009

Dear Dr. Sparrow,

Thank you for your letter of the 22nd of January from which I learn that you are studying the problem of economic development in African countries. It certainly is a very important problem of today and I wish you every success in your work.

In accordance with your request I have sent you under separate cover the Statistical Year-Book for 2008.

I should be happy if I could be of any further help to you in future.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Andrey R. Andreyev

Letter 5

9th June, 2009

Dear Dr. Andreyev,

I wish to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of your letter of 3rd June and to express my deep gratitude to you for complying with my request and sending me the Statistical Year-Book for 2008.

If you believe I can be of any help to you, please write to me at once.

Trusting to hear from you soon,

I remain,

Yours sincerely,

Robert A. Sparrow