Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to A J Lea, The Royal Society 'Dear Sir The President of the Royal Society has asked me to reply to your letter of 1 January enclosing an application for a vivisection licence. He regrets the delay in complying with your request, but it is necessary to have these licences 'vetted' and he will return your application in the course of a few days. Yours faithfully Assistant Secretary'. 18 January 1946