Letter from John Jacob Fox, to Harold Brewer Hartley, regarding two papers 'The infra-red spectra of polymers and related monomers. I' and 'The infra-red spectra of polymers and related monomers. II' by Harold Warris Thompson and P Torkington Sectional Committee: Chemistry Has some sympathy with the desire to preserve priority. Suggests the author study the paper carefully and remove all potential leads or ideas which might be of use to the enemy. Then the rest could be published and he would get priority. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] No received date. 28 July 1944