This letter relates to an application for funding by Manfred Porkert for a conference on ‘The Role of Chinese Medicine within the Wider Framework of Universal Medicine’ to be held in Burg Wartenstein in 1980 or 1981. Includes a letter of support from Joseph Needham, a photocopied application form with names and addresses of potential participants and a photocopied generic letter from Lita Osmundsen requesting assistance in evaluating the application.