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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE COUNCIL

WASHINGTON 25. D.C.

May 5, 1961

Dear Professor Lederberg:

Thank you for your letter of May 2, which the Vice Presi-
deat has brought to my attention,

At the request of the President, we are currently studying
the various phases of a space program which will give us
a real chance of reaching our appropriate place of leader-
ship. The suggestions that you make are among those
being given careful consideration,

Sincerely,

E. C, Welsh
Executive Secretary

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Stanford University

Medical Center

Palo Alto, California