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IN REPLY REFER TO: 18 February 1952

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics

The University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
Madison 6, Wisconsin

Dear Josh:

Thank you for your letter of February 13. Re my second para-
graph:

We add such a cautionary word so that the person may know that
even the general information of this project has security implica-
tions and thereby he will not knowingly circulate such information
where unnecessary. No red ink, CONFIDENTIAL documentation is involv-
ed. We are constantly plagued by having imposed on us security re-
strictions and at the same time having the larger responsibility of
getting the job done, in this instance hiring specialists. Conse-
quently, I am asked to and do transmit some general security informa-
tion on an informal basis; since necessary, this exchange of informa-
tion is not so much a matter of potential embarrassment as of re-
sponsibility as a citizen, Yours can be obviated simply by burning
the letter. Or were you just Joshing me on the whole matter?

I just received a letter from Max Zelle in which he suggested

that Miss Ethelyn Lively of your lab might be a possibility for M.S.
level work here. Should she be interested, we would like to have her

apply.
ae

PHILIPP GERHARDT
Chief, Laboratory Division