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Lost/First GWC Letter
Global Welfare Consortium 19 September, 2005
Rue Grande 1623
1221 Geneva 27
Switzerland
To: Dr. Roderick Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Director,
Centers for Disease Control
From: GWC Executive Committee
RE: Violation of Ethical Guidelines / The Hanso Life-
Extension Project
CC: Mr. Peter Thompson, Vice President, General Counsel,
The Hanso Foundation; Hugh McIntyre, Vice President and
Communications Director, The Hanso Foundation
Dr. Johnson:
We have received word of an unfortunate and most alarming
issue in the past days concerning research operations by
The Hanso Foundation in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.
Sadly, we have exhausted our mandate as a watchdog
organization and must petition you for a formal
investigation.
It has come to our attention that a new strain of
meningococcal disease has been reported in the coastal
villages of the United Republic of Tanzania. This strain
is particularly alarming in that it has successfully
breached the simian/homo sapiens barrier.
As the enclosed documentation and correspondence
demonstrate, we have repeatedly asked the Executive Board
of The Hanso Foundation for assistance in determining the
possible correlation between the outbreak of this
transgenic disease and the research being conducted on
primates in their Experimental Station in Zanzibar.
As our requests have been met with utter and complete
disregard, we feel we have no other choice than to demand
your immediate intervention.
As The Hanso Foundation is using primates to research gene
therapies intended for human use, the correlation should
be obvious.
Considering the alarming nature of this outbreak and
the mounting death toll it is imperative that The Hanso
Foundation immediately open the doors of their
Experimental Station for inspection and, should a link be
found between their work and this disease, cease and
desist their activities immediately.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Lives are at stake.
Monsieur Jacques Maillot
Director General, GWC Executive Committee
