CALIFORNIA 
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MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 
731 MarketStreet / San Francisco, California94103 / 415*777-2000 
December 23, 1977 
Donald S. Frederickson, M.D., Director 
National Institutes of Health 
9000 Rockville Pike 
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 
Dear Doctor Frederickson: 
I am-^dnairman of a committee of the California Medical Association 
titled the Committee on Evolving Trends in Society Affecting Life. 
Among its various interests and activities, the Committee had the re- 
sponsibility for recommending a policy position to the California Medical 
Association on the question of Recombinant DNA. Following its review of 
the available material, including the NIH Guidelines , the Committee recom- 
mended support of the NIH Guidelines, with the further recommendation that 
such Guidelines be expanded to apply to DNA research conducted in private 
industry. The Council of the California Medical Association approved the 
Committee's recommendation. 
Now that the NIH Environmental Impact Statement has been released, 
I would appreciate receiving 15 copies of Parts One and Two for the Com- 
mittee's further review. 
Laurens P. White, M.D., Chairman 
Committee on Evolving Trends in 
Society Affecting Life 
[Appendix A — 145] 
