UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 
BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE > LOS ANGELES • RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO 
SANTA BARBARA • SANTA CRUZ 
DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY 
AND IMMUNOLOGY 
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720 
June 23, 1982 
Dr. William Gartland, Jr. 
Director 
Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
Building 31, Room 4A52 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, MA 20205 
Dear Dr. Gartland: 
I am writing to urge support of the amendment of Drs. Richard Novick 
and Richard Goldstein which has been submitted to your office. I strongly 
feel it is essential that the use of molecular cloning for the development 
of biological weapons be explicitly prohibited. 
Sincerely 
C 
Associare rroressor 
CH:csl 
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