STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 
STANFOU), CAUrORNlA MMS 
DKTAmiDrr or Pathoumt 
David Kokn. M.O.. PnonatOB and Chaiuian 
STANroao UNivBnmr School or Mbdicinb. L38S 
(41S) 4S7-6SSS 
April 17, 1981 
Dr. Uilllain Gartland 
Office of Recombinant DRA 
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 
Building 31, 4A52 
Bethesda, Maryland 20205 
Dear Dr. Gartland: 
I am in favor of the proposal to convert NIH guidelines into a 
nonregulatory code of standard practices and to reduce the rec- 
onntended containment levels for some experiments as published 
in the Federal Register . Friday, March 20, 1981 (pp 17994-7), 
vol. 46; paragraph 54. 
m, M.D. 
lor of Pathology 
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