DOCUMENT SQUACE Lawranes Berkeley Laboratory Archives and Records Office Records Series Tile Accession No. File Code No, Carton No. Folder No. Hotes 57 M4, Hamilton had a atstergy/oho iy of the biochemistry me of the heads _, ot USE| . F Gepartment, A KGS; ve WET Allen. A Allen was a peculiar ducksy he was a very aggressive = homosexual@” And he wouldn't have it with any of his graduate students if they wouldn't submit. — t if Ke, SSH: he died of cancer of the liver. Do you think that Hamilton's shyness influenced the way he ran Crocker Lab? Do you think it was a more isolated group because of the personality of its director? KGS; I don't think he did anything other than anyone else would have done. We were under very heavy security all the time. SSH: How long did that last? She-securtty®” KGS; Right up until the day I left there, '51. Everything we did and published was classifiedhat placess full of declassified documents over there, SSH: So even if he'd wanted to have a closer scientific relationship with Denner Lab,.and that was what was in the back of my mind when I asked that question,.it would have been very difficult, just because of the secret nature ofHe wont Yes, it.could have beeng(yess But then on top of that you had the personal problems botsben Hamilton and John Lawrence, ,-_ That's right. Qng/t don't think they really had a problem: they were just: competitorsg) and