Dr. William Gartland, Jr. 
Director 
Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
National Institutes of Health 
Building 31, Room 4A52 
Bethesda, MD 20205 
Dr. Gartland: 
I understand that Professor Richard Goldstein and Dr. Richard Novick 
have co-authored an amendment to section ID of the NIH guidelines, which 
would prohibit the use of molecular cloning for the development of 
biological warfare. 
I am writing in support of this important amendment. I am sure that 
the majority of Americans, given the opportunity to understand recombinant 
DNA activities, would support stronger NIH guidelines than those which 
now exist, and would certainly support the proposed amendment. 
June 23, 1982 
Thank you 
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