Dr. William J. Gartland, Jr. 
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May 14, 1982 
DNA technology, I would strongly urge adoption as a moral statement cuid in the 
interest of consistency. How can RAC not forbid the use of molecular cloning 
to develop biological weapons? Failure to do so would reduce all of RAC's 
previous deliberations to the level of absurdity. It would be ridiculous to 
debate the "deuigers" of cloning Streptomyces fragments in B. svibtilis aind then 
refuse to prohibit weapons research. 
Sincerely, 
David Dubnau, Ph.D 
Member 
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