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.Examination of records atthe DBER disclosed a copy of a letter from Patricia W. Durbin, Donner Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, dated December 10, 1971, t o D r . J. D. Goldstein, Director of Biology and Medicine, AEC, concerning a proposal t o secure excretion and possibly blood samples from three persons who had been injected with plutonium Mrs. Durbin furnished a copy of a memorandum dated December 1 7 , 1971, which she wrote t o Dr. James L. Born, Director, Donner Laboratory, which is in part as follows: "I had a nice chat on the telephone with Dr. Goldstein this morning about the Plutonium follow-up. H e was very interested and cordial -- I guess my fears were roughly like those of the child for the imaginary bogeyman. But as Howard says, 'How long w i l l it last "Re suggested that,if it is decided to go ahead with this project here at Berkeley, w e should write up a new 189 form for this program specifically, and they will include it in their midyear review for spccif ic funding .I' Dr. Goldstein, stated that he discussed t h e matter with Mrs. Durbin and advised her t o discuss it with Dr. Born, who had programmatic responsibilities for the Donner Laboratory program of t h i s type with a subordirtate employee unless such program had He said that he did not consider it appropriate t o discuss a PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED
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REPOSITORY: OFFICE OF HUMAN RADIATION COLLECTION: PLUTONIUM INJECTION INVESTIGATION FOLDER: PLUTONIUM INJECTIONS - CHICAGO
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the approval of the laboratory director and that he subsequently discussed the matter with Dr. Born. He said that he phoned Dr. Born concerning this matter and got the reaction that he was not too interested in pursuing this matter and t h a t it perhaps could have been done through other channels. He said that in talking to Mrs. Durbin, he advised her that any program would require the approval of Dr. Born and also that if such activity were approved, the appropriate authorization should be secured through the submission of Form 189. He said that he heard no more on this matter and is not aware of the follow-up actions taken. I