[Memo to Gary L. Bauer from Robert W. Sweet]

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 27, 1987

MEMORANDUM FOR GARY L. BAUER
FROM: ROBERT W. SWEET,

SUBJECT:

Stirling Colgate Meeting on AIDS

Last Friday afternoon, Dr. Stirling Colgate stopped by the
office to express his concerns about the government's inaction on
the AIDS epidemic. He left me a letter outlining his concerns
(see attached).
Dr. Colgate is a physicist at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in New Mexico. He continues to confirm the fears of
many that the AIDS epidemic is a major threat to public health
and national security. He suggested a meeting with the President
and a small group of scientists and medical experts to outline
their concerns. I think a meeting between the President and some
outside experts in the near future would be valuable.
Also attached is the Washington Post Magazine story of a
3-year-old victim of AIDS. He received contaminated blood and
lived only three years. The cost of his care exceeded $350,000.
Here is one of the "victims" whose parents certainly need our
compassion.
Current estimates project between 3,000 and 10,000 children
will be born with incurable AIDS by 1992. Shouldn't we have
compassion for these innocent victims??!
Attachments

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