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Senutor Edward M. Kennedy, Chalman Lub corm ltte e on. Health C cr x ltte e on Lzbor 2nd Public Wclfare United States Senate ?'PAS is In resp oc seto ' your letter Cistcrl February 3 , ana hope that the mcet1:l.r ctin rc3ol ve a ox c of ttJe lsr,ues. your quest loris about the Drojcct; as it IS a ~ o s rcietallcd ' of tire Xedlcal Ccnrcr. c n Sclcncc Poll cy. It vas.input tecnusc of this coricern t o undertake its oun In ttc sl vcr study of tlie project. pat lei its lnvolvcd. Dr. Call w ll lbe in touch with you cor-
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Dear Senator Kennedy: I This isIn responae t o your letter dated February 3 which arrived February 9. I look forward to getting together w i t h you and Oovernor Oilligan on February 24 and hope that that meeting aan resolve some o f the Issues. I will be very happy to make available to t h e Sub-Committee a copy of the Ad Iioc Review Conunittee Report, which i s the "lnternal atudy oi the proJects" that y o u r letter refers to. I expect to make thbt report available within approximbtely a week and hope that i t will answer many or all of your questions about the project as i t people, InCluaIng arcong Its rneutbers, scelntiats who are not meabers You usiced also for the Univcraity evaluation of & recefit report &8ked Dr. Gall t o write t o you on that sub Jc ct. You 8hOUld. receive & letter frorn hiai within a fen daya. Please b e assured that I view the aubject of human experlnentatlon u8 a very h port b nt one and hhve, in fact, been a member of a Preeldentlal Com lsa ion on the ethlca of him8811 research. It was In part btcauae o f this concern that t h e University decided to undertake its own intenaive study ot the proJect. I uill be happy t o cooperate with the Sub-Committee in any way l consirtent with the health and legal rlghts of the patients involved. Dr. Oall will be In touch with you aoncerninrg the results or o w ' lc tt or to the patients or their CrunilLes asking i f they consent t o
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Thank you tor your letter o f January 26, which we roceivsd on The University has looked very closely into the case/" February 10. you have mentioned and 1s about to releaee in the near tutu rsa very oxhaustlve r e p o r t by its Ad Jioc Review Cornittee that will help answer the queetiorrs raised by various people about the project, artd help make clearer the appropriate couree for the Univeraity t o