Letter Housewright to Brown

Item Details

Title

Letter Housewright to Brown

Topics

Follow up with the program director of Defense Research and Engineering about topics discussed in a meeting

Date

1961

Conclusions

Brings up potential of using genetic manipulation to modify pathogens (discusses phage-mediated gene transfer). "In the field of genetic manipulation lies our greatest threat and our greatest potential". Believes we should either completely support or else give up on anticrop and antianimal agents.

Files

Source

Housewright, R.D. Letter to Harold Brown. 1961.
Found in: NARA College Park, RG 330, Entry P757, Box 9.

Citation

“Letter Housewright to Brown,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/417.