Jdly 27, 1973

Mr. Kenneth R. Hansen
3030 Klingle Road
Washington, D.C. 20008

Dear Ken,

I have been away since the middle of June, not so far as Iran,
and prob’hbly missed you if you were in California the latter part of
June.

I am rather warming up to the idea of Brookings West, perhaps
having been a little bit disappointed on the diffuseneas of the
operation at the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences.
So, I certainly would like to continue to discuss this with you and
gee whether there is some part that I could play in such an operation.
I am sure you know that the Bureau of Economic Research is setting up
a Western branch very close to the Center under the directorship of
Victor Fuchs, but this would certainly cover only a small proportion
of the range of interests of a Brookings.

I am so delighted that you did get together with Jim Leonard
and hope something that 1s indeed constructive and useful comes out
of it as I am sure it will.

All the best to Lynn and yourself.

S8ncerely yours,

Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Genetica

JL/rr

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