UNIVERSITE DE PARIS FaAcULTE Des ScIENCcCES LABORATOIRE DE GENETIQUE 13, Rue Pierre Curie. Paris v’ Ddécember 4, 1950 TEL. : ODEON 16-40 Dr. J. Lederberg Department of Genetics University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin U.S.A. Dear Lederberg, After receiving your postcard, I have asked Vendrély, in Strasbourg, to inquire about Boivinta strains C, and C.. His answer, unfortunately, is negative : nobody seems to have them any more. Same result at the Ins- titut Pasteur, in Paris. IT am sorry not to be able to help you. With kind regards from both of us to.both of you, Sincerely, [ors Boris EPHRUSSTI