September 23, 1968

Dr. G. E. W. Woletenholme
The Ciba Foundation

41 Portland Place

London, W. 1, England

Dear Gordon:

Thank you for your letter of 18 September concerning the Symposium you
are planning to hold in New Delhi in March, 1969.

I realize your need for a quick answer to help you get on with your plans,
so I will not waste time with all of the detailed reasons, but can simply
indicate that it will be quite impossible for me to fit this into my
schedule.

If it can be of some help for me to suggest a couple of other speakers
who would profit from participation in your meeting and could make con-
structive contributions on the subject of "The Brain as a Computer”, let
me quickly nominate:

Prof. Marvin Minsky

Professor of Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Project Mac

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Prof. Jerry Lettvin

Professor of Communicatiohs Physiology
Magsachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

As an alternative, I could suggest Prof. Eric Shooter of this department
who would complement Whitaker's discussion with respect to the character-
igation of the protein in the nervous system on which he has been working
fdr quite sometime now.

It certainly does appear to be a fascinating meeting quite apart from your
holding it in India, and I am sorry to mise the occasion. I am also sorry
to have barely missed seeing you on your recent visit.

Sincerely,

Joshua Lederberg

Professor of Genetics
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