Alley comments 'Your book is the most exciting thing I have had on my desk ever' and 'the make up is wonderful and the front covers superb'. He makes further comments on specific areas of the book. Other matters raised include Wang Yang-Ming; discussions with Bernal about 'training for industry'; possibility of making up an 'English kids book on Chinese Peasant rebellions'; taking of photographs of hydraulic works and other subjects for Joseph Needham; visit by Cedric Dover.