UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA VIRUS LABORATORY BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA May 29, 1957 Dear Doctor Lederberg: I have your letter of May 23 and note that you and Esther plan to pass through San Francisco on August 4-6 this summer on your way to Melbourne, Australia. I greatly regret that I shall not be here at that time since I am leaving on June 12 for a series of lectures in Europe and do not expect to be back in Berkeley until September 14. However, I shall be in touch with my office all during the summer, hence please feel free to send along a letter if anything should come up in which I can be helpful. I do hope that your discussions will follow a satisfactory course and that eventually we will have you as a colleague on this campus. With kindest regards, I am Sincerely yours, Leer heh W. M. Stanley WMS: jle Dr. Joshua Lederberg Department of Medical Genetics Genetics Building University of Wisconsin Madison 6, Wisconsin