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Bergshamra 5 October 1983

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Professor Joshua Lederberg
President

Rockefeller University
New York, NY 10021

USA

Dear Professor Lederberg,

I have been asked by the Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to write a paper
on the possible impact of genetic engineering on
the development and/or usage of biological weapons,
to be included in SIPRI Yearbook 1984.

In this connection I am extremely interested
in the statement you, Rutter, Young, and others
have worked out for the US Department of State
which was briefly mentioned in Genetic Engineering
Letter, Vol. 1, No. 10, p. 4 (1981). Could you
be so kind as to supply me with a copy of this
paper, or at least an abbreviated version thereof?
Furthermore, I would be grateful if you could
supply me with other materials relevant to these
problems as I am interested in providing as much
pertinent information as possible in my SIPRI
paper.

 

Please send this material to the following
address:

Professor Dr Erhard Geissler _
Zentralinstitut ftir Molekularbiologie
Akademie der Wissenschaften

Robert Rdssle Strasse 10

DDR-1115 Berlin~Buch

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Thank you very much in advance.

Sincerely yours,

CU NG Gon © Ce mT‘ XX SL

Erhard Geissler
Guest Scholar