13 March 1959 Dr J. Lederberg, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. Dear Josh, Thanks for your letter of March 10. In the circumstances, 1 shall allow myself to be convinced by your better judgement, and will take no further action. I hope that you will be able to obtain cooveration from colleagues throughout the world in maintaining lunar axenia. With best wishes; Yours sincerely, 7 Law.