5 March 1987 Dear Josh Thank you for your letter and the information you sent. I still think very much that although Griffith does distinguish between the enzyme and its product it is still unclear to me whether they could have grasped the transformation experiment as a genetic experiment. There were vague ideas round that time (Haldane) that the genes were autosynthetic catalysts and I suppose that that would make your interpretation of Griffith's sentences consistent. I am very pleased to have the other papers you sent me. Yours sincerely Sydney Brenner