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7 November 1980

Mr. Edwin C. Whiteneag-——~

Chairman

Whitehead Associates, Inc.

15 Valley Drive

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

Dear Jack: :

I was glad to talk with you on the phone yesterday morning after our
excellent exchanges with David Baltimore on the afternoon of November 5.
The agenda for our session with David is attached; of course, although we
covered all of these points, we did not follow a rigid sequence.

Because it is difficult to disentangle and summarize honest brain-
storming about alternatives, I am not going to prepare a detailed set of
minutes for the meeting. Nonetheless, I think it is fair to say that we
converged on agreement about many ideas concerning how to organize and
operate a first-rank research institute.

The main issues to be resolved concern the overall linkages between
the Whitehead Institute and its "host institution." For all of us here,
these isssues can be thought about in terms of two broad categories
~-general compatibility over the short and long range; and an appropriate
quid pro quo. As I mentioned to you, both of these themes are important
to our faculty and our trustees.

Josh and I look forward to talking with you again soon. I think it
May be useful to arrange for you to meet with members of our faculty at
an appropriate time. We will be in touch with you about that possibili-
ty.

Sincerely,

Koo

Rodney W. Nichols
Executive Vice President

cc: David Baltimore
Purnell Choppin
‘James Darnell
oshua Lederberg ”

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