DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
BETHESDA. MARYLAND 20014 
November 15, 1977 
SEE ATTACHED LIST OF ADDRESSES: 
I am writing to confirm that the meeting of the Advisory Committee to 
the Director, NIH, will be held on December 15 and 16, 1977, at the 
National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Conference Room 6C. The 
meeting will Lake place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on December 15 and from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on December 16. 
As Dr. Fredrickson informed you at the last Interagency Committee 
meeting, the purpose of the Director's Advisory Committee meeting will 
be to consider the proposed revisions to the Guidelines for Recombinant 
DNA Research conducted and supported by the NIH. A number of special 
consultants have been added to the Committee for purposes of review, 
and a number of selected witnesses have been invited to testify on the 
proposed revisions. Many of you have been helpful in selecting witnesses 
from the environmental, industrial, and labor communities. A special 
section of the conference room will be reserved for members of the Inter- 
agency Committee. Because of space limitations to accommodate witnesses 
d other Committee and governmental representatives, the proceedings 
<_an be monitored via closed-circuit television in an adjoining conference 
room if other members of your agency wish to observe. 
Dr. Charles R. McCarthy, a member of my staff who serves as Executive 
Secretary for the Advisory Committee, will provide you with relevant 
documents on the nature of the meeting. If you have questions about 
the ■ eting, please feel free to call Dr. McCarthy or his secretary, 
Ms. Roberta Garfinkle, on (301) 496-1480. 
Enclosed is a copy of the newly published Environmental Impact Statement 
on NIH Gu idelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules . 
I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. 
Sincerely yours, 
/s/ 
Enclosure 
Joseph G. Perpich, M.D., J.D. 
Associate Director for Program 
Planning and Evaluation 
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