雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(67)
Smith explained that this was very difficult.
'Apart from the small number of staff now working for Dr F.C. Williams most of the able circuit technicians had been transferred to the Department of Atomic Energy'—a statement reflecting another post-war story.
"現在除了少數爲威廉姆斯博士工作的人員之外，大部分有能力的電路專家都轉到了原子能部門"（這段話折射出戰後的另一個故事），So 'the only way in which TRE could continue to contribute would be to second a small number of staff work under Dr Williams' direction at Manchester University.'
所以"電子通信研究所唯一能做的貢獻，就是安排一些人員前往曼徹斯特大學，到威廉姆斯博士手下工作。"
This was not at all what Sir Charles Darwin wanted to hear, but he did not give up.
可以想見，這完全不是達爾文想要的結果，但他並沒有放棄。The meeting was enlarged to include Williams and Uttley from TRE, and Womersley for the ν PL, while Alan was allowed in as well.
討論的範圍擴大到了威廉姆斯、阿特里、沃默斯利，還有圖靈。In the discussion of the ACE
在關於ACE的討論中：appeared that although an elaborate paper design had been laid down, the fundamental problem of storage of information had not been solved and that, as had been suspected,
……看起來儘管已經完成了精密的紙上設計，但存儲設備的基本問題仍然沒有解決，而且正與預料的一樣，the experimental work of Dr Williams' at TRE on storing information on a cathode ray tube was considerably in advance of the work which the Post Office were doing on the use of delay lines for storage purposes. ...
威廉姆斯博士在電子通信實驗室做的關於陰極射線管的存儲器研究，比郵政實驗室爲同一用途而做的延遲線研究更加先進……Williams had, in fact, already succeeded in storing a spot on a cathode ray tube for an indefinite period.
事實上，威廉姆斯確實取得了一些成功。A compromise formula was agreed, according to which Williams' work 'should continue with as little disruption as possible'.
最終，他們考慮了威廉姆斯"儘量避免互相干擾"的工作原則，達成了一個折衷的合作方式。The NPL drafted a contract for Williams to sign, according to which he would develop both electronic storage and components for the arithmetical hardware.
國家物理實驗室起草了一份合同，根據這份合同，威廉姆斯將會協助開發存儲設備和算術設備。
