Dear Professor Wen, This message concerns the manuscript A symmetric chain decomposition of L(5,n) by Xiangdong Wen submitted to the European Journal of Combinatorics. We are sorry to inform you that a referee has advised against publication, and that we must therefore reject it. You will find the referee report(s) attached; you may find them of some use in revising the article for resubmission to another journal. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your work. Sincerely yours, Patrice Ossona de Mendez, Editor in Chief Marthe Bonamy, Vice-Editor in Chief European Journal of Combinatorics ejc@ehess.fr