STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304

DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS Area Code 415
321-1100

May 3, 1967

Dear Mr. Molajoni:

It was a distinct nleasure to talk to you last night, and I look
forward to the possibility of continuing our discussions. There are
many of my colleagues at Stanford who share our conaerns about the
rationalization of technological and scientific development throughout
the world. I believe it might be of great mutual interest to have an
evening discussion, and if you are agreeable, I may try to organize one
after my return from Italy (qbout June 10).

You are perhaps already acquainted with the views of Professor Blackett
but I take the liberty of sending his article from Science for Feb-~
ruary 27. His reference (3) is perhaps most pertinent also, but I have
seen only indirect allusions to it.

Have you ever been in contact with the Brookings Institution in
Washington,D.C. Its staff is nerhaps the most knowledgeable center
of academic skills in the field, particularly with respect to the eco-
nomic and political side. I believe you would find it very stimulating
to discuss your own inquiry with its new director, Dr. Kermit Gordon
whom you may recall was once U.S. Director of the Budget. I met with
him myself a few weeks ago and found him one of the shrewdest positive
thinkers in my own experience,

My own main preoccupations about the impact of science on human affaird
are, of course, more biologically oriented: I will also burden you with
some of my writing on that subject.

Yours cordi y»

Jog Ka Lederberg

Consulate General of Italy
2590 Webster
San Francisco

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