Letter from Thomas Gold to Dr Lewis Branscomb, IBM Corporation, Old Orchard Road, Armonk, New York Concerning setting up a laboratory for remote control machinery at Cornell. Considers the oil companies would be the biggest beneficiaries currently for underwater operations.Does he think IBM would take an interest in such work?. Gold has recently retired from the directorship of the Arecibo organisation, and this gives him the opportunity to take up the subject. Will be happy to hear from Branscomb. 19 March 1973