July 17, 1968

Mr. Howard Simons

The Washington Post

1515 L Street N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20005

Dear Howard:

The U.S.-Soviet talks on arms limitation have been suddenly reinitiated

with very little preparation of the public mind. The way the election cam-
paign is going, I doubt very much whether there will be a very enlightening
debate on nuclear policy and international disarmament. I would like to
suggest that you use one of your weekly Outlooks for a collection of articles
on this subject, perhaps a minor version of the Daedalus volume. While there
has been a flood of books and technical studies, there has been relatively
little discussion of these issues in the press in recent years, and you could
certainly do an enormous public service by refocussing attention on it.

There are any number of people who, I am sure, would hasten to cooperate with
you in organizing such a venture. The first name that comes to my mind is
Jerry Wiesner.

Sincerely yours,

Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Genetics