Memoranda, on a paper 'Excitation function measurements for disintegrations produced by deuterons in the heavy elements' by R S Krishnan and E A Nahum Sectional Committee: Physics Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Communicated by John Douglas Cockcroft. Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton asks James Chadwick to look the paper over himself, and give an opinion if the paper should be published at present, given recent developments. James Chadwick thinks there can be no harm in publishing the paper at present, as it is only remotely connected with 'problems of immediate interest'. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] Endorsed on recto as received 14 October 1941. 11 October 1941