Letter from the Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to a redacted recipient dated the 27th of October 1983. The letter is titled Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The letter discusses such issues as whether there is conclusive evidence that AIDS is transmitted through blood products, the regulations introduced by the US Food and Drugs Administration, concern about the UK becoming a dumping ground for non-regulated US Product, the comments of the haemophilia society and the hepatitis vaccine.