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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.90 · baric_ti:utt:00803

Date: 2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type: transcript segment · interview
recipient: Christina Salazar, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker: Ralph S. Baric

She was definitely there.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

I can't remember if Fang was there or not.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

I think he was, because in this email he said, "It was nice chatting with you in Wuhan."
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

There we go.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

And so Peter Daszak was there, and we have some emails that suggest that Zhengli Shi was also in DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com the group.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric

She was definitely there.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Did you all discuss -- and now we'll move to DEFUSE -- did you all discuss DEFUSE while you were there?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

This is the DARPA proposal?
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Yes.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Oh, I don't know if we discussed the DARPA proposal. Is that, by that time it had been rejected, or was it under review?