You are making a mountain out of a molehill.
When the president of the Ampower Corporation, sends an Ayn Rand pamphlet to the Governor candidate just months before the election, and all he gets is a thank you, that isn’t evidence that Reagan thought anything about Rand.
This is as flat and nonprofuse as it gets, without flat out blowing the Rand fan off.
“”Dear Mr. Vandersteel:
Thanks very much for the pamphlet. Am an admirer of Ayn Rand but hadn’t seen this study.
Sincerely, Ronald Reagan””
I’ll take Reagan at his word, unless you have something that proves otherwise. Maybe he changed his mind after her comments about him being beholden to the religious right. Maybe not. Maybe he was a man who said what he meant and meant what he said. Hey, at least you learned something about Reagan and Rand that you weren’t aware of before. Glad I could help.