Dr. William J. Gartland 
January 29, 1982 
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Finally, we acknowledge gratefully the astute study of the state 
of recombinant DNA technology and the critical evaluation of 
facts in the field which led Drs. Baltimore and Campbell to make 
this proposal. 
We offer the above comments in a spirit of thoughtful concern 
with the hope that they may be of assistance to the committee in 
reaching a logical decision. 
Irving S. Johnson 
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