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EDWIN A. LOCKE, JA. 
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JAMES E. POTTS 
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November 23, 1976 
Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson, Director 
Dept, of Health, Education and Welfare 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 
Dear Dr. Fredrickson: 
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of November 17, 1976, concerning 
the role of China Medical Board in the support or conduct of recombinant 
deoxyribonucleic acid research and the potential application of the National 
Institutes of Health guidelines to our research in this area. 
China Medical Board does not of itself carry out any programs of research either 
in this country or overseas. We do support research activities in various 
national medical schools in East and Southeast Asia. I do not believe that any 
work of this type is being carried out at present, although there is some work 
being done with the DNA at the University of Hong Kong, Department of Pathology. 
However, I do not believe the work in any way Involves the type of research 
referred to above. 
I would appreciate it if we could receive one dozen copies of the NIH guide- 
lines of June 23, 1976, establishing conditions for experiments of this type 
and I will see that they are forwarded to all the schools in East and Southeast 
Asia within the Board's program. 
I shall also request from the University of Hong Kong details regarding their 
experiments with DNA and if they are in any way relevant I will forward them to 
you. 
Sincerely yours 
PAOrmac 
President 
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