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THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY mMardinird apdonan

May 27, 1960

Prof. J. Lederberg,
Department of Genetics,
Stanford University,
Medical Center,

Palo Alto,

California,

U. S.A.

Dear Professor Lederberg,

Some time has passed since I received your kind
letter of March 22.

Although you disagreed with my stand, I appreciated
the constructive and encouraging spirit of your letter. You
may have learnt meanwhile, that the situation has changed since
the German geneticists themselves have returned the mandate
to the International Committee. This decision was due to the
rift between the East and West, and unconnected with our
petition,

It is kind of you to suggest that we might, one day,
invite the Congress to Israel. I have no doubt that our
government would favor such a plan. Personally I am hoping that
by that time our small genetics group will have received
considerable reinforcement to make us both worthier and more
efficient for such a task,

Yours Sincerely,
Olah Ged deo

Hlisabeth Goldschmidt