x) hls OCT 27 1996

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Committee on International Security and Arms Control

Dr. Lederberg, October 24,1986
Three quick points:1)Feel free to revamp the summary

as you wish. 2) I note that in Meselson'’s report, Bezden-

ejnich said there were no cases in the same household,

which is inconsistent with what we heard; 3) The reference

to an earlier Smolensk incident which you and I discussed

does not jibe with the Yaroslavl incident either, because

in all the incidents on the sheet Meselson gave us there

was a 100% motfrality rate. Nikiforov said 27 out of 37

people died in the incident he was talking about, so I decid-

ed to let his words stand for themselves rather than add to

the confusion with a footnote. Okay with you?

In addition to your comments on the draft, I would
appreciate your suggestions for people in government, NIH, etc
who should be on the distribution list for the final report,
since it should probably be sent to a slightly broader group

than we send the CISAC reports. _
Fan She

Sincerely,

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