Ilay 28, 1975 
Dr. P chert G. Martin 
Laboratory of Molecular Biology 
National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism 
and Digestive Diseases 
Building 2, Room 208 
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 
Dear Dr, Martin: 
I am very pleased to transmit to you the Report of the 
Organizing Committee of the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant 
DNA Molecules, which was supported by National Institutes of 
Health Contract N01-0D-5-2103. 
The Sunoary of the Report, Appendix I, is to be published 
by Nature, Science , end the Proceedings of the National Academy 
of Sciences . 
If you have any questions about the Peport, please do not 
hesitate to call me. 
Sincerely, 
Artenie P. Simopoulos, M.D. 
Executive Secretary 
APS ; JP 
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