JAN < B 1974

ISTITUTO DI GENETICA Pavia, January 16, 1974
UNIVERSITA DI PAVIA

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27100 PAVIA (Italy)

Prof. J. LEDERBERG
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Stanford Medical Center
Department of Genetics

STANFORD — Cal. 94305

Dear Josh,

Many thanks for the copy of the letter concerning the
Stanford-Pavia exchange program, The C.N.R. is proces
sing, very slowly of course, our application. The unof
ficial opinion is that the changes that the grant will
be renewed are good. However, the economic situation

of the country as well as the financial state of C.N.R.
are such that we may be only very moderately optimistic.
In any case, I think that we may have still enough money
here for travelling support. So, if and when you'll give
me the green light, I shall start to make some plans,

I am going through a group of reprints of yours that
I have just received, I still enjoy very much your pro-
posals or projects concerning the detection of life on
other planets but I wonder if the zoo-keepers (see Icarus
19, 347) would let the animals realize that there is some
thing else beyond the cage and the park's fence eeoooje
Wouldn't that alter dramatically the mind and the behav-
ior of the zoo-reared animals? (The Murchinson and other
meteorites arrived here most probably for a slip of the
security system),

I hope that all of you are well. Best regards.
Yours sincerely,

dao

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