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Craig E. Dorman 

 Director 



Woods Hole 



Massachusetts 



02543 



508-548-1400 



April 16, 1993 



Science 



American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 



Attention Editor 



1333 H Street N. W. 



Washington, DC 20005 



Dear Editor: 



Attached please find a Letter to the Editor prompted by J. Travis's article published in 

 Science (v. 259, 12 March 1993, p. 1534-1535). We feel that some important issues related to 

 deep submergence science were not put in what we consider to be a balanced perspective that 

 is representative of important issues feeing the community. Given the critical juncture of the 

 technology and science related to deep submergence research, it is important for the scientific 

 community to have another opinion for consideration. 



We would appreciate your publishing this letter as soon as possible and contacting us if 

 you have any questions. 



Thank you for your consideration of fliis commentary. 



iig E. Dorman 

 Director 



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Paul J. Fo/^ 

 Professor \J 



Chairman, Deep Submergence 

 Science Committee 



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