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Telegram from Konrad Bloch, Paul Doty and Frank Westheimer to Linus Pauling. approx. February 19, 1959.
Bloch, Doty and Westheimer write to request Pauling's feedback on the potential candidacy of Francis Crick for an open position at Harvard University.

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Western Union

B CAB107 PD AR=WUX CAMBRIDGE MASS 19 312PME=

=DR LINUS PAULING, DEPT OF CHEMISTRY=

CALIF INST OF TECHNOLOGY PASADENA CALIF=

POSSIBILITY HAS ARISEN THAT THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE A BIO-CHEMICAL PROFESSORSHIP FOR WHICH FRANCIS CRICK WOULD BE A CANDIDATE. COULD YOU PLEASE WRITE US WITHIN A FEW DAYS YOUR EVALUATION OF HIM, COMPARING HIM WITH OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES. YOUR VIEWS WILL BE MOST VALUABLE FOR US AND OUR COLLEAGUES=

PROFESSORS BLOCK DOTY AND WESTHEIMER HARVARD UNIV CHEMISTRY DEPT=

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