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JOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

Professor Kao Shan Yin
Wuhan University

Wuchang, Hupeh

People's Republic of China

Dear Professor Kao:

Thank you for your letter of February 4, which
arrived here only a few days ago.

My colleagues and I would be glad to try to ar-
range for appropriate exchanges with Wuhan University.
As you may know, The Rockefeller University has been
involved for a long time in exchanges with China.
Particularly since a delegation from the University
visited China in May 1977, members of our faculty and
staff have been active in the expanding range of con-
tacts between China and the United States in research
fields. This month, for example, Professor William
Trager is receiving two Chinese scientists who are
planning to be in his lab for a few weeks in order to
learn new tissue culture techniques yelated to studies
of malaria. Later this year, we may be involved in
exchanges in other fields such as genetics and experi-
mental high energy physics. In short, the University
is fully prepared to participate generally in the re-
lationships you have proposed.

The major problems in pursuing such exchanges con-
cern funding and the limitations of our specialized,
small institution. We have no local funds available to
finance travel, living costs, and research expenses of
visitors from abroad. Furthermore, as you know, our
educational program is limited to the Ph.D. and post-—
doctoral level and is highly tutorial. Hence, it may
be difficult to properly evaluate applicants from China
unless there is opportunity for personal interview.