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COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION

OHF.MS DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY 4 i 30
CABLE AND TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 109, CITY
“ CORESEARCH,” CANBERRA, A.C.T.,
CANBERRA /AUSTRALIA

6th December, 1957

Dr. J. Lederberg,
Department of Genetics,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison 6, WIS., U.S.A.

Dear Joshua,

Thank you indeed for your letter about Bob Wright. I think
in the circumstances the best thing to do would be for us to
invite him to visit Canberra on his return to Australia. If
he accepts we can then fully discuss the situation here and
can show him our set-up, which is probably unlike what he
expects and in fact may be more attractive to him then he
anticipated.

When writing ou I atte ee to. Pontecoryo. who strongly .
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you know him or about him I showld be grateful for a few.
lines. containing your assessment. Elliott, however, is
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I think the "mix-up" really arose from the fact that I was

under the impression that Syd was doing his . catpost to finda -

' position in Australia for Bob Wright and, having found one for ~
- him with!us, would naturally let the matter rest. It was

therefore an. unpleasant surprise that at the very same time -.

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- @pa positicr in his own Department. I can assure you that

I have got over this surprise and that it will have no per-.. .

manent effect onour relations. I cannot, however, quite ,

understand ‘your reference to H.J. DwWe -~I gidn't know he came

   
  
 

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‘Hinlert regards, Cah - a : :
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