HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY 
25 SHATTUCK STREET 
BOSTON. M ASSACH USETTS 02 1 I 5 
GEORGE TH. DIAMANOOPOULOS. M.O. 
PROFESSOR OF FATHOLOOV 
TEL. (617) 732-1064 
Jxine 14, 1982 
Dr. William Gartland, Jr. 
Director 
Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
Building 31, Room 4A52 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 20205 
Dear Doctor Gartland: 
I wish to inform you that I sup- 
port the proposed amendment "I-D-7. 
The construction of biological weapons 
by molecular cloning" to the N.I.H. 
guidelines . 
Thank you for taking my wish into 
consideration. 
Cordially, 
GThD : cmc 
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