XXX 20205 
March 5, 1981 
Dr. Allan Campbell 
Department of Biological Sciences 
Stanford University 
Stanford, CA 94305 
Dear Allan: 
I have just learned from Bernie Talbot that it is your expectation to 
introduce! for discussion, at the next meeting of the Recombinant DNA Program 
Advisory Committee, a marked simplification of the Guidelines under which we 
currently operate. I should like to add my support, for what it is worth, to 
this notion - hfaiving felt for many years now that the hazard of over-regulation 
far exceeded the hazard of a monster chimera. I summarized my views in the talk 
which I gave to your Committee on the occasion of my resignation as Chairman. I 
enclose herewith a copy of my cotmients. 
Sincerely yours, 
DeWitt Stetten, Jr., M.D., Ph.O. 
Senior Scientific Advisor, NIH 
Building 16, Room 118 
Bethesda, MD 20205 
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