Medical Raaaarch Council 
rafafanca liAJT/lJL 
World Hoaltfi Orfanliatlon 
Collobormtint Cortvo for 
Virus Koforonco ond Kosoar^ 
MMC Cewwwodi CoM Unit 
Coomb* Rood, 
Sallabury, Wilt*. 
8P2 8BW 
talagrama Harvard, Saliabury 
talaphona Saliabury 22486 
Sr. VUUaB J. OortlnA Jr., 
SoyortMBt of loolth aai. IraoD Borrleoo, 
lotirriol iBOtltmto* of loadth, 
Botha ado. 
■azTiaad 2020$, 
V.8JL. Iltk fobrooxy 1982 
Door 
thank jvm tar jaor ■aauiooiiw dotod Doooabor 18th, whioh I boro Jmat 
xoooiTad yia*imably doa to pootol dologra. 
Vhot I boT* to aoj ia reply to It is p r oba b ly of only ooodaale iatoroot 
oooiac that yoa will bo oeoaldarlac tbo aattor on Tobzaary 8tb and 9tb. loworsr 
yoa aay b* iatorostod to kaow that oa tbo abelo I aa in faroar of tbo rolaxatleaa 
of tbo eort yoa oatllao. Oa tbo etbor band I fool that aa tbo adainlatxatioo 
and tbo aoolal altaatloaa ars xatbor difforaat in tbo Ubitod flntdoa aad tbo USA, 
It ia net really for no to eoaBoat oa tbo dataila of tbo ebaagaa abieb yea. 
proyoao to aaka. levoror, I do tbiak that it ia iaportaat to koop ia boiac mso 
aort of a atraotar* for ebeokiac aad adriaiaf aoiaatiota oa prooodaroo they aay 
bo plaanlnc or aay bavo already ndortakaa. I voald tbaroforo net b* happy «ltb 
a ayataa abiob aboliabod iaatitatioaal bi^oafoty eoMittooa, or tbo xoapeaaibility 
of seioatista to aaka tboir ozporiaanta known to than. 
Siailarly I tbiak a eoatral effioo wboro it woald bo poaaiblo to 
aecaaalato aad ooaoaatxato oxporlanoo, and ozportio* oa tbo handlinf of diffioalt 
eaaoa woald eoatinaa to b* aa adTiataca. Ia praetioal toxaa it woald probably 
alao inoroaaa pablie eeafidaaoa that the aafoty of roooabiaaat MA prooodaroa waa 
boiiMr takaa aorieaaly. I think it ia iaportaat to aalntain tbia rosponaiblo aad 
oaatioaa attltado towaoda tbs aafoty of laboratory work wltboat i^odinf oxporiaanta. 
So I woald bo ia faroar wbororor poaaiblo of oTOidiaf a oot ap wbaro aero than a 
aiaerity of prooodaroo wore only allowod after prior approrml, alao* adal n1 atrati'ra 
dolaya night olthor bold ap work or onooazog* people to diarofard, not only that 
part of tb* ayataa wbiob waa praotieally aawexkablo, bat alao tbo baiaie prlnoiploo 
aad pbilesopy of xospeaalbl* aolaatifio iarroatlgatioa. 
If yoa aboald bo aay obaao* bo iatoroatod la aay other ooaaaato I aay 
bavo do not baaitat* to write. 
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