July 14, 1958
Dear Bruce:

Further to my (not too enigmatic, I hope) cable.

I am writing this letter a little prematurely, but have the tine
_ just now and have to anticipate somwhat. At the instant, I'm waiting
to complete the last stages of arrangements to move from Wisconsin
to Stanford.

This consideration was the min reason I was reluctant to accept
your earlier invitation to indtrodude the SGi symposium next April,
as I was very mech afraid I would be hopelessly enmeshed in problems
connectéd with moving or deciding it. However, the air has been cleared
lately, and whether we remain at Madison or move to Stanford we are strongly
considering the possibility of spending April-May—June with Cavalli in Pavia.
This not only would make the SGM do more convenient, but the fare would be
a great help in financing the whole arrangement.

   
 

I really can't go into all the ifs ands and buts by letter, but hope to
talk this over with you at Royaumont, which is only 2 weeks hence. But if
the opening hasn't already been filled (perhaps too mech to hope for) I
wanted to ask you if you could keep it open until we could talk it over.

The main eoncern is not so much the matter of moving (if we stay, ther's
no problem; one of the things I have to find out is whether I can get some
support from Stanford for the visit if we sign up there) but our obligation
to Sneath, who will be visiting us nett year. I'd rather discuss this with
him directly, and of course intend to at Stockholm, so I would ask you not
to bring up the Pavia issue in referring to the SGM.

Our itinerary for July-August is not altered from what you have, except
we are leaving September 4 from London direct to San Francisco via the PAA -
so-called 'polar route! flight 121 lvg.19:30 PM; we are booked for a flight
arrvg. 7:30 Py from Glasgow (BEA 911) but this part of our itinerary is very
tentative. But I'm sure I won't remember this again, so now's a good time
to put it on paper.

We had a splendid time with Luca, innumerable questions coming up and few
being answered. It is clear that diploids can be formed with breaks at various
places (in my earlier work my selection pattern was too rigid); but it is also
clearer than ever that markers from the F~ parent can te eliminated as well as
from the F’.

We're sorry dane won't be joining you to the Continent; hope you
can manage it to KEX¥ Royaumont; if not Shere we'll see you at
Stockholm and certainly London.

Yours,