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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1979
Page 5
Battalion photo by Ken Agorichas
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Millie Shaw (top) and partner Allison Bryant try in vain to
break the tortilla-stacking record of 173 flower cakes. The
contest was part of a Sunday afternoon event, sponsored by a
local radio station, in which area residents were given the
opportunity to break Guinness World Records.
Cancer once possible CIA weapon
United Press International
WASHINGTON — A quarter-
century ago, the CIA considered
experimenting on terminal cancer
patients under the guise of “legiti
mate medical work,” but govern
ment documents fail to show if such
ideas were carried out.
Heavily censored material ob
tained under the Freedom of Infor
mation Act showed the agency was
looking into ways to “knock off key
guys” by causing death by appar
ently natural causes such as cancer
and heart attacks.
The CIA also was concerned
about the vulnerability of U.S. lead
ers to assassination by such virtually
undetectable means.
But there is nothing to show
whether the talk about inducing
cancer and heart attacks ever got
past the memorandum stage.
The papers, researched by Martin
Lee of the Washington-based Assas
sination Information Bureau, show
that the CIA project apparently
started with an undated, unsigned
memo noting the “vulnerability of
U.S. to unconventional attack” and
referred to studies by the Office of
Strategic Services, the World War
II predecessor of the CIA.
“Knock off key people,” the heav
ily censored document said. “How
knock off key guys. Natural Causes.
“Method produce cancer.
“Heart techniques.
“Query — should facts on (blank)
be dug up?
“Are they of interest to (blank)?
Probably yes.
“At any rate, we need know
enough more about it to decide how
much interest we have in it.”
The next pertinent document was
a Feb. 4, 1952, “draft” memoran
dum from “Chemical Branch, Re
search & Development.” It re
ported inspecting a lab for possible
use in “medical research involving
physiologically active chemical
compounds.”
“Human subjects would be avail
able for work that could be carried
out as legitimate medical research,”
it said. “Extensive animal facilities
exist for other kinds of research.”
The memo discussed the use of
beryllium, a metallic element said
to have “extreme toxicity” and ca
pable of inducing tumors.
It suggested “a study of the effect
of inhaling small amounts of beryl
lium in the lungs, and other studies
to evaluate the potentialities of be
ryllium as a covert weapon.”
A document dated Aug. 4, 1954,
showed the project was still being
considered seriously.
The unidentified writer provided
a bibliography of such relevant
works as “Chemical Induction of
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