July 9, 1974

Dr. S.I. Alikhanian
Kurchatov’s Institute of Atomic Energy
Mascow, USSR

Dear Dr. Alikhanian,

In the early 1950's I recall seeing reviews of my research on.
bacterial recombination in the Soviet literature. I am interested
in a sociological-historieal study of how this was received. If you
can recall such comments, or related ones on Avery's work etc.,

I would be grateful for literature references, or if also possible
xerocopies and translations.

Sincerely yours,

Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Genetics

JL/rr