[Related Correspondence]

Date:
1957-1958
Reference:
PP/CRI/H/2/19/4
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: [Related Correspondence]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    April 4, 1958 Dr. F.H.C. Crick Cavendish Laboratory Free School Lane Cambridge, England Dear Francis: I am delighted that you will be in Cambridge, Mass. during next spring term. We can, of course, leave the M.I.T. arrangements for some time in the future. I have deposited your check and enclose a receipt. The simplest way to handle your account might be the following. If you wrote to the bank, they would send you a statement telling you how much you have in your account. You could then send me a check for that amount, and I would cash the check. I would then send you a note stating that I have that much money belonging to you for use if I were accidentally killed. I enclose a copy of a letter from Huggins. As you see, he believes that*this detailed structure does not seem to be correct'' He continues to carry out a fair amount of squirming, however, in that he thinks that some kinds of modi fication would change the diffraction pattern, I do not believe that this is true. However, it seems to me that he is adopting a weak stand so that it would be quite reasonable for us to ask if he would not prefer to withdraw his structure pending further considerations. We could then leave off all reference to his structure save this personal communication from him. At a recent meeting, I saw Dick Bear. He said that he had replied to you to the effect that they are still going to hang on to their configuration, I gathered that Dick Bear was not himself very eager f>ne way or the other. What a pity J National Cancer Institute National Heart Institute National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseas National Institute of Dental Research National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness The Clinical Cent Division of Biologies Standards Division of Business Operations Division of Research Grants Division of Research Servie