Owen Lattimore, an authority and Lecturer on the Far East at Johns Hopkins University, has expressed a desire to visit Harvard as a guest of Lowell House, it was learned last night.

Although the question of whether or not he will reside in the House is not yet definite, Lattimore has definitely accepted an invitation to speak here Dec. 11. His speech on the "Far Eastern Dilemma" will be sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe United Nations Council.

Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House, said a formal invitation has been extended to Lattimore to come as a guest of the House on money provided by the Ford Grant. Perkins said he would like to have Lattimore spend "a few days in the House" and meet informally with students at several dinners.

Lattimore will arrive here Thursday, Dec. 11 and remain until Sunday, when he is scheduled to speak at the Community Church in Boston. He said he has not made final plans for his trip here, but would decide where he would stay "in a couple of days."

Following Lattimore's speech before the U.N. Council, there will be a panel of three professors to pose questions and present their own views on China. One of the panel members, John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History and Associate Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, called Lattimore "one of the few specialists on Mongolia." In fact, he said, "he is probably the only American specialist of his generation."

In 1941, President Roosevelt appointed him political adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, and following that, he served as deputy director of the Pacific Office of War Information.

In addition to Fairbank, other panel members include Rupert Emerson '22, professor of Government, and John C. Pelzell, associate professor of Anthropology and Assistant Curator of Far Eastern Ethnology.