April 26, 1961

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Dr. Hugh Od! shaw

1145 19th Street, N.W.
Room 716

Washington 6, 9.C.

Dear Hugh:

Re. the position paper on man's role: we alssed the boat. |
regret that the polnt on how man Is in space now was not Included In
LV8's letter of March 31, 1961, and more that the administration did
not promulgate It. Since Gagarin, It would sound like sour grapes.
in retrospect, our fuss about man-Inespace looks like a setup to
dramatize the Russien's accomplishing It. The best we can do now Is
to stress the try view of scientific exploration.

Chapter | of $clence In Space is excellent, and | liked
peges 18-21 better than the new statement.

On the whole, | think you can feel rather pleased with your=
self on S.1.$. As Intended, !t should set the pace for long time,
as we hope. How many coples are you sending to the Russians?

is there any arrangement for a discount price on $.1.$. for
authors? 1} would like to order some few copies for the education of
some of my friends. :

Yours sincerely,

Joshue Lederberg

Professor of Genetics
P.$. How was Florence? Did 1! do wrong not to go?

Does Florkin's letter have any material backing from the Russians?