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SPRA LABORATORY, ELLIS ISLAND

DATE: June 4, 1951 MEMO TO: Richard Gorrell FROM: Dr. Joshua Lederberg RE: Project Abraham Analysis

As you requested, I have analyzed the lab notes you provided. My cocclusions are as follows:

Project Abraham is a top-secret effort to find a cure to the Chimeran virus. Volunteers are injected with experimental vaccines, followed by doses of the Chimeran virus in an attempt to determine whether immunity had been conferred. The results have been largely unsuccessful.

A detailed account of the experimental process, the chemical make up of the prototype vaccines used on each subject, and their physiological responses follows an a detailed report.

On another subject, I would like to thank you for your most kind offer of employment at the Laboratories on Ellis Island. However, I must respectfully decline. While I admire your conviction, I cannot in good conscience lend my efforts to research that I find both extremely speculative and ethically reprehensible.