[Letter to Donald S. Burke from Shepherd Smith]

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
FOR Donald S. Burke, Col., M.D. DATE: Nov. 17, 1992
FROM: Shepherd Smith
SUBJECT: Incorrect interpretation by Dan Lucey and Maryanne
Vahey of my call of August 24, 1992 (attachments: past
letters on same subject)
It should be noted that after repeated requests for copies of the
memoranda by Lucey and Vahey made to Col. Burke that none were
ever produced. This comes as a great shock because of our longterm support of WRAIR, exceeding five years, and close
association with you--always giving you personally our utmost
respect.
The setting for the call in question may help answer why the
copies have never been supplied, since I have subsequently become
aware of a memo written by a William McCarthy about gpl60 trial
presentations made by Dr. Redfield in Amsterdam.
The memo was dated August 20, 1992; two working days before my
call. The preceding week was described to me by Dr. Vahey as one
where Drs. Vahey, McCarthy, and Burke were sequestered for large
parts of each day going over possible combinations that Dr.
Redfield may have presented in Amsterdam. She called this
"statistical exploration". Since Dr. Redfield was on leave at
the time (as well as Dr. Brundage) the context of these meetings
may have had some secretive nature to the participants.
Under the circumstances, it is understandable how my call out of
the blue came as a big surprise to Dr. Vahey, as well as Dan
Lucey, an apparent compatriot of McCarthy's and vahey's. As I
have mentioned before, my purpose for making the call was as a
courtesy, as well as out of curiosity about several aspects of
the Phase I data.
It occurred oxily because I happened to be filing some published
material on vaccine therapy at that particular moment, and
because I wanted to extend friendship to Dr. Vahey. I did it
without the knowledge, consent, or concurrence of Dr. Redfield,
nor with the knowledge that any internal discussions were

occurring concerning his Amsterdam presentation while he was on
leave.