Yale University 
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY 
Kline Biology Tower 
P.O. Box 6666 
New Haven, Connecticut 065ii 
August 11, 1982 
Dr. William Gartland 
Executive Secretary 
National Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee 
NIH, Room 4A52, Bldg. 31 
Bethesda, Maryland 20205 
Dear Dr. Gartland: 
I write you to register my opposition to the proposal that 
molecular cloning techniques be used In the development of 
biological weaponry. To me this constitutes an unwarranted and 
dangerous extension of the new biotechnology, which can only lead 
to a decreased security for the United States. I hope American 
scientists will see .this point clearly and oppose all such trend. 
Sln,cerely 
Arthur W. Galston 
Professor of Biology 
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