DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS 
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 
2S Shattuck Street 
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 021 IB 
617-732- 1920 
May 25, 1982 
Dr. William Gartland, Jr. 
Office of Recombinant DNA 
Activities 
Bldg. 31, Rm. 4A52 
N.I.H. 
Bethesda, MD 20205 
Dear Dr. Gartland, 
I wish to offer my strong support for the amendment to the NIH 
guidelines on biological weapons proposed by Drs. Richard Novick and 
Richard Goldstein. 
Sincerely yours 
Jonathan Beckwith 
JB/am 
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