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(2) NASA - maintains no formal or informal relationships involving 
this research; 
(3) DoD - has hospitals and laboratories throughout the world but 
has not had significant involvement in this research area 
internationally; 
(4) CDC - surveys the status of diseases throughout the world but 
does so through the WHO; 
(5) FDA - has its most formal relationships with Canada and Britain 
and then relies mainly on the WHO; 
(6) Commerce - works mostly through the State Department except for 
matters related to patents; 
(7) DoT - works mostly through international organizations rather 
than directly with nations; 
(8) USDA - has several relationships including the support of research 
with U.S. -owned foreign currency, a U.S.-U.S.S.R. group to foster 
cooperation in agricultural research, and the review of segments 
of the United Nations Environmental Program; and 
(9) Interior - has an arrangement with the U.S.S.R. to exchange 
scientists and also exchanges scientific information through 
the AID. 
Dr. Belsel, DoD, described an informal interagency group (State, DoD, and 
others) which meets to consider the problem of epidemics throughout the 
world. 
Mr. William Walsh, the State Department representative, reviewed a letter 
sent to Dr. Fredrickson from the State Department on January 2, requesting 
Committee review of international activities. Mr. Walsh suggested that 
the current state of affairs has not reached a stage to warrant an 
international convention. State would like to develop a formal statement 
for recombinant DNA research outlining the procedures to which foreign 
submitters of grant and contract proposals must adhere. Dr. Gartland 
noted that foreign scientists supported by NIH at present must adhere to 
the NIH Guidelines. 
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