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Title:
LETTER TO JIM, SUBJECT: BRIEFING PAPER TO BE USED WHEN TALKING TO THE CHAIRMAN ( NO ENCLOSURES )
Subject Terms:
HREX; BRIEFING; CONSENT ISSUES; ETHICS; PATIENTS; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1974 Feb 13
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Accession Number:
NV0700019
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THIS TYPEWRITTEN BUT INFORMAL NOTE IS ON ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) NOTEPAPER. THE NOTE, FROM SID TO JIM, COULD BE FROM SID MARKS, A PERSON INVESTIGATING THE PLUTONIUM INJECTIONS FOR THE AEC, TO JIM LIVERMAN, DIRECTOR OF THE AEC DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. ON THE BOTTOM IS A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM JIM TO TOM THAT IS NOT LEGIBLE. THE NOTE INDICATES THAT SEVERAL PAGES OF A TRANSCRIPT OF AN ACRS MEETING HELD IN JANUARY 1974 WAS ATTACHED, BUT THESE PAGES WERE NOT ATTACHED HERE. IT CONTAINS REMARKS CRITICAL OF ROWLAND AND ARGONNE, BUT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PLUTONIUM PATIENTS AND THEIR INFORMED CONSENT DIRECTLY.