Attachment C

NEPA Medical Advisory Committee letter to Dr. Richard L. Meiling,
Director, Medical Services Division, Office of Secretary of
Defense, March 22, 1950

NEPA PROJECT
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles 24, California
March 22, 1950

Dr. Richard L. Meiling
Director, Medical Services Division
Office of Secretary of Defense
Washington, D. C.

Dear Dr. Meiling:

As indicated to you in person on March 8 and also last fall, the
NEPA Medical Advisory Committee, consisting of the country's most
outstanding radiologists and radiobiologists, has recommended
that the Armed Services arrange for and conduct unclassified
experiments on man which will make possible the accurate
prediction of biological effects of known levels of radiation
exposure (NEPA Report, 1254-<unreadable word>-25).

In our discussion on March 8 you indicated that your office would
go to the heart of the matter if the Committee on Medical
Sciences of the Department of Defense Research and Development
Board approved human experimentation.

It is my understanding that the Joint Panel on Medical Aspects of
Atomic Warfare has endorsed the NEPA recommendations and that the
Committee on Medical Sciences has the matter under consideration
at this time. It is possible that the latter Committee will
approve the proposal at its next meeting.

I am taking the liberty of enclosing herewith a copy of a paper,
"Irradiation of Human Subjects as a Medical Experiment," prepared
by Dr. Robert Stone, Professor of Radiology of the University of
California and Chairman of the NEPA Subcommittee which drafted
the recommendation on human experimentation.

Sincerely,

/s/ W. A. Selle
W. A. Selle
Secretary, NEPA Medical Advisory Committee

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cc: Dr. Leverett
Dr. Dowdy
Mr. Sims
Dr. Stone
Col. Talbott
Dr. McCormack