[Memorandum to Acting Deputy Director for Intramural Research, NIH from F. William Dommel, Jr.]

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our host country,, Zaire. It 'is up to Zaire to reply to the press as it wishes
and we respect this principle.
This code ol' conduct is summarised elsewhere in a communication from
the Embassy of France, N6-hich confirms that all deontological and ethiical
ruicsq have been respected in tihe Clinicadltrials carried out since 1986,
within the framework of Franco-7.airian co-operation (Document No. 4).
2. In France
All dcontological and ethicul regulations have been respected' This is
Lh1C conclusion of an enquiry carried out by the director of the National
Assistance of the HopitalS of Par IS, at the request of the MinistrV (:f Health
i'DocumnitNo4,
For the vaccIineS of ~rngtv subjects: tWo favorable judgme~nts by
Lhe National Lommnittec of Ethics were given in 11988 and 1990,
Declarations of informed consent by volunteers wurc tnigncd by the parties
C( ncerne d.
Fr:(i ImufothlIUP.fuvorable judgmenis by the Nation -i Comrnmittee of
1EthIIC$ dfld Lhc I-A hi1CS Comnmittee ol the Saint.-Antoine hospital were granted
inl I (..)R and 1 990) retpectivelyv. Dee] aratto)n!, of con3cni t were also sig8n ed
b%,- the patients.,
tolu~i~ heco-rnplicaition of necrosis followed by death' in AIDIS
p~aiicflt at- termi(i i tage (comnpassionaic"), the Ethics Committee %,a,,*,immudiatelyv informed and, in accordance with itq. instrUCt ions. the