Dept. Baoteriology

Bsptember 24, 1957

Dear Dr. Bar:

Thank you for youra of the lath, reoelvsd yesterday.

1 rather suspected you were under SCIIPB miaapprshension about
the length and purpose of my visit to Australia. Tess a8 planned,
we are leaving herr about Ilo~ember 1. If we return weetward, ae is
possible, I will spend a fortnight in-India and a week in Italy, to
return about mfpb BOV. 30. And, then B.I: again for the frrar Barney
leutwe! (Dee. 19).

I was quite. happy to take on your assignment, with the thou&t
that it would be in line with the oommunioational purposes of my
Itlbr. hzlbright fellerahip. But if does not look as if there shall be
La any more meetings* aa suoh.  I will disuusa your props-al uf
a aorrespondent-arrangement with one or two of my oolleagurs here.

I do not know whether I will have tirr;s for muoh more writing
during our stay. Someof the toplosthat would well be worth a brief
feature ~%iole might Sn~ludm

a+ (as already ment$oned): the Bedioal S&o01 at SUVS.
   Roy Edmgnds - corrrclted my misimpression: there was
   a reporf of B-OI%B in the %w York Times a frw monthe ago. He
   .ought to do-thi% himself; but- b-eing in Government, is some
   what bound In red taps.

b. The ati_if$oial epbso.etio of, rabbit mgxomatosis in Auatrrlia.
o. The Asian_ flu epidemics in Hplbourne (whiok was rather well
studied Snd has nQW rUn its OOUFB0.)

d, A skrtgh of the W,alter 4 Bliss Es11 Xnatftute for Hedioal
Besearoh, whioh is one of Australia's leeding oenters (under
Bis Yaollrarbne -Zbtar?xot*s dlr&etlon) ad--a remarkable ine tsnoe
of uarrelated olinioal andlabwratory researoh.
a. A general acoounf of medical 6of.eno.e in Australia.
1 would. not propose,~ necessarily, to do any or.all of these
myself; however , if you want to oommission any of them X*11 either
try i.tr or help vet someone` here.
  The. letterhead address will be quite satiafaotory u&i1 end-
Ootober.                         Yours slnoerely,

P.S. Let me aoknowledge your aheck,