Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson 
February 23, 1976 
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3. The NIH consider making a few P4 containment facilities for 
workers throughout the country which would be available on a 
shared basis like the Brookhaven accelerator or the New England 
Enzyme Center. This would mean that young investigators or 
individuals at less favored institutions could do experiments 
and it would eliminate the serious problem of favoritism that 
will inevitably arise from the award of facilities to a few 
institutions . 
I hope these comments are helpful to you and I wish you good 
decision-making. 
Sincerely yours. 
MEK:kg 
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