Correspondence between Pontecorvo and the Right Honorable Earl of Halsbury concerning the National Research Development Corporation's decision not to sponsor further work in Pontecorvo's laboratory

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/3/4/2/3/3
• Dates of Creation:Feb 1953-Mar 1953
• Physical Description:
  3 letters, 1 note (5 pages)

• Scope and Content

  In Pontecorvo's response letter (copy included) he explains how he never applied to the NRDC for assistance, "on the contrary I have offered the facilities of this Department and my own supervision of research".

• Personal Names

  Giffard, John Anthony Hardinge, 1908-2000, 3rd Earl of Halsbury, scientist,

• Corporate Names

  National Research Development Corporation, 1948-,