UNIVERSITY OF CAUFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO 
BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE • LOS ANGELES • RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO 
SANTA BARBARA * SANTA CRUZ 
FRANCIS A. SOOY, M.D. 
Chancellor 
Office of the Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs 
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94143 
SHIRLEY CHATER 
Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs 
June 18, 1982 
Dr. William Gartland 
Office of Reccmbinant Inactivities 
National Institutes of Health 
Roan 4A52r Building 31 
Bethesdar MD 20205 
Dear Dr. Gartland: 
On behalf of the UCSF Biosafety Conmitteer I wish to express our 
support of the prc^sal of Drs. Richard P. Novick and Richard 
Goldstein to prohibit the construction of biological weapois by 
molecular cloning. 
KJH/fo 
cc: Vice Chancellor Shirley Chater 
Dr. Keith Hadley 
Ms. Erica Heath 
Dr. Richard Novick 
Dr. Richard Goldstein 
Associate Vice Chancellor 
Academic Affairs 
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