NAMRU-2 /ROB saw
4.71.36
12 March 1974

Director

City of Hepe National Medical Center
1500 Zast Duarte Road

Duarte, California 91019

Dear Sir,

I enclose copies of correspondence exchanged with

Dr. Richard Hammerschlag of your staff. I assume that
you are interested in the activities of your staff and
that you are aware of their actions taken as
representatives of the City of Hope. It seems to me
that pexhaps Dr, Hammerschlag and his colleagues need
some mature guidance to channel their no-doubt well
intentioned actions on behalf of mankind.

Such dashing out and acting on erroneous assumptions
which may reault in damage to reputations of innocent
people appears to me to be quite ill-advised. They might
encounter some one of a vindictive nature who would not
idly submit to character assassination. Personally I
regard it as a tempest ig a teapot and would rather see
that the facts are set straight.

My kindest regards.

Sincerely yours,

R. Quentin Blackwell

Copy: Dr. R. H. Watten, NAMRU-~2
Mr. Robert Cairne, AcS