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May 6, 1953

Dr. Hartis Isbell
Departrent of Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Health Service
Lexington, Kentucky

Dear Dr. Isbelli

. I am in receipt of your letter of 30 April and appruciate your concise sumary of the assistance, in the specific fields nentioned, you can give us in your research program in the coming fiacal year.

My infomation on the progress of pegotiations of interest to you is that your sponsoring organization already has the necessary funds in hand and it is noy a mstter o? overconing the "red tape disease syndrore" betveen the tgo particular agencies concsrred. Prom vhere ve sit the prognosia of this perticular phase of the illness seems very good.

In relation to the soecific questions which you mentionei I vould like to advise the folloring. In the firat plece, we look forwerd to an extendad, detailed-recearch conterence vith yor on the taree fields you mentioned as soon as possible after you have received official notification of proper pumding

On the specific questions, I think it would be very heloful if I were to suggest to one Dr. Barold A. Abranson, vho has conaiderable exoerimental backzround on acute LSD experizents, to viait you and describe his vork to vou. Ee could get much information of use to ua by studying the pattern of your various experizental techniques and desigrs. He is currently doirg vork or interest to us on.the same basis that your raxt yaar's progras will ba of'interest to us. I will susgest to him that he get in touch with you.

As to the bast zethods for deterining blood alcohol, I don't kov hew msh halp ha coula be to you since I asous you hive aäequtely coverod the recent literature in tais field. Eowever, ve vill take steps to datermine the methods used by another sctive project in this field with vhich we are in close contact.

With wirmest personal regards, I rersin,

Sincerely yours,

—(b)(3)

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Thts wlll ackaowledge recelpt of your letter of 8 May 1953.

I. am, of course, walttag anxlously for word that the aecessary administratlve actloa can be complzted la time for me to draw up definlte plans for the year ahead.

1 ill lsok forzard very much to seeing Dr. Abramson at saytime whleh might be convealzat to us both.

Yours very sincerely,

fiani Bkeil Harris Isbell, M.D. Director of Research

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DEPARTMENT OF ALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

IN ALTINA, ADORCI THE POBLIC' HEALTH SERVICS MOSPITAL NiMHi Addictlon Researeh Center

187475 Declassifisd by 4 FEP 1977 dato