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SJBJECT: Comversations withNovember 1951

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1. calied at 9:30 this date to advise that he has ottained iniormation on. a contact we might be interested in. tie lesrned .of the contact at while he was looking into other projects there and advised that. from the background information he his been atle to pick up this man is highly recommended for certain aspects of the project.

2. Specifics on the individual are:

SPECIALTY

Physiologist--

BACKGROUND One year graduate work Further stuti

PRESEMT LOCATION

3. The man is yowng, aggresive and is considered by his associates to be highly qualified in his field.

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l1. Since had nreviously adviso thnt shouid contace was infomod of certain difficulties in this donnection. It wes recsiled tha had appeared lukewarm on the subject from the beginning and this coupled with certain difficulties in connection with vcuchers and minor details since, may have completei: soured him on the subject. Difficulties in! attempting to reach h telephone make it annear that this is the cose. we want to do everything ve can to restcre S confidence in our project but if this cannot co done we should recognize it immediately and go along with somecne eise.

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5. stated that we would undoubtedlyfind somewhat "thorny". but that he is still definitely interested in the project.

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13 November 1951

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