NOV 12 1969 KAROLINSKA TasTape1ret STOCKHOLM 60, SYS ERE N November 6, 1963 DErarraent ov BacrioRioLoOGy Professor Joshua Lederberg Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Genetics Stanford Medical Center 300 Pasteur Drive Palo Alto California ~ USA. Dear Professor Lederberg, Thank you very much for the letter of October 31, 1963 and for the enclosed copy of your letter to Dr. Gibbons. The information will be most useful for the evaluation of possib- le consequences of planetary contamination, and I greatly appreciate your prompt reaction on my request. With kindest regards. incere ours, ae On ~_ {4 ~ C.-G. Hedén