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CHURCH COMMITTEE REPORTS

INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
SENATE RESOLUTION 21
HEARINGS
BlllFOREl THIll
SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
01' THIll
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
VOLUME 1
UNAUTHORIZED STORAGE OF TO~IC AGENTS
SEPTEMBER 16, 17, AND 18, 1975
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SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPEIWrIONS
WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
FltANK CHURCH, Idaho, Ohlrif'mllfl,
JOHN G. TOWER, Tens, Vice 01llrirIMB
PHILIP A. HART, Michigan HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota BARRY GOIJDWATER, Arizona
WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland
ROBERT MORGAN, North Carolina RICHARDSC'HWEIKER, Pennsylvania
GARY HART, Colorado
WILLIAM G. MILLER, StoJ1 Direotor
FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., Ollie! Ooun,el
CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, Ooun,el to tbe Minoritll
AUDREY HATSY, Clerk 01 tbe Oommittee
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CONTENTS
HEARING DAYS
Tuesday, September 16, 1975 _
Wednesday). September 17, 1975 _
Thursday, oeptember 18, 1975 _
LIST OF WITNESSES
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93
139
4
52
93
139
125
159
178
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1975
William E. Colby, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, accompanied
by Sayre Steyens, Assista~t Depu~y Direotor, Soienoe and Teohnology,
CIAj and Mitchel RogoVln, SpeCial Counsel, CIA _
Nathan Gordon, former Chief, Chemistry Branch, Technical Services
Division, Central Intelligence Agency _
WEDNE8DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
Richard Helms, U.S. Ambassador to Iran, former Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, accompanied by Thomas Karamessines, former
Deputy Director for Plan~_ Central Intelligence Agency _
JamSteasteLs eonard, president, united Nations Association of the United_
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1975
Dr. Edward Schantz, professor, University of Wisconsin, former Depart-
C~;l~~ <1.~~~::e~~~~~:~t~eit- of -i:ief~iI;; -e-mpi~y~e: f~;m~~iy ·i~- ih~
Special Operations Division at Ft. Detrick, Md _
RoSbeecrrtetTa.ryAonfdDreewfes,nsseenior advisor to the General Counsel, Office of the_
HEARINGS EXHIBITS 1
No. I-February 16, 1970 DDP memorandum from Thomas Kar8.messines
to Director of Central Intelligence_ _ __ ______ __________ 189
No.2-Excerpts from 8. CIA inventory of lethal and incap8.citating agents
found at 8. CIA building (excerpted by the select committee) ____ 192
No.3-Twwitoh sshheelelftisBhoftopxainp_e_r_d_a_ted February 18_,_1970_,_f_o_u_n_d__a_t__t_h_e__C_I_A_ 198
No.4-November 25, 1969 White House press release with a statement by
the President concerning chemical and biological warfare_ _______ 200
No.5-February 14, 1970 White House press release concerning biological
and toxin weapons_____ ________ __ ___ ______ _________ 202
No.6-October 13, 1967 memorandum from Chief, Technical Service
Division, Biological Branch to Chief, Technical Services Division_ 204
1 Under criteria. determined by the committee. in consultation with the White Bouse.
the Department ot Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency certain materials have
been deleted from those documents, some of which _re previous!Y classUled. to maintain
the integrity of the internal operating procedures of the agencies involved and to protect
certain information ot a national security nature.
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No.7-November 25, 1969 National Security Council Decision Memora.
ndum 35 from Henry A. Kissinger to: the Vice President i the
Secretary of State i the Secretary of Defense;.the Director,/..Central
Intelligence Agency' the Director, Arms vontrol and uisarmament
Agency; the DirectorJ, Office of Emergency Preparedness;
and the Director, Office of I:;cience and Teclmology____________ 207
No.8-February 20, 1970 National Security Council Decision Memorandum
44 from Henry A. Kissinger to: the Vice President; the
Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defenseithe Director,/..Central
Intelligence Agency; the Director, Arms vontrol and Uisarmament
Agency; the Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness;
and the Director, Office of Science and Technology_____________ 210
No. 9-"Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating,
Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of
Warfare." Signed at Geneva June 17, 1925____________________ 211
No. lo-Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production,
and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons
and on Their Destruction. Signed at Washington, London,
Moscow, April 10, 1972_____________________________________ 212
No. ll-List of persons who received toxins from Fort Detrick (received
from)____________________________________________________ 216
No. 12-Excerpt from "Summary Report, Working Fund Investigations"
from the Special Operations Division_________________________ 240
No. 13-February 17,1970, Special Operations Division, Toxin Inventory_ 244
APPENDIX
September 16, 1975 letter from William E. Colby to Senator Church_____ 245

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