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The Reagan administration said it believes thousands of
people in Afghanistan, Laos and Cambodia have been killed
in recent years by an outlawed chemical poison- but it
declined to hold the Soviet Union directly responsible.
Government experts briefing reporters said they had only
circumstantial evidence linking the so-called lethal
mycotoxins to the Soviet Union. A mycotoxin is a poison
produced in nature by living organisms.
O'NE OF FOUR U.S. officials brought before reporters-
Sndhom the State Department refused to identify despite
objections- said the biowar agents "are being used by Viet-
nam and Laos, with Soviet support, against civilian villages
in Laos . . . and against anti-government forces in Cam-
bodia."
The experts spoke just hours after the Soviet government
denfied employing chemical warfare in the three countries.
The Tass report, which came in response to a speech Sun-
day by Secretary of State Alexander Haig, instead charged
thatithe United States has used chemical agents against its
nemies, mentioning specifically Vietnam.
IAIG SAID in West Berlin on Sunday, "We now have
physical evidence from Southeast Asia which has been
analyzed and found to contain abnormally high levels of
three potent mycotoxins- poisonous substances not in-
digenous to the regions which are highly toxic to man and
animals."
The agent has been described as "yellow rain" because it
is released from aircraft as a yellow powder that covers the
ground, structures, vegetation and people below it.
According to a "fact sheet" provided to reporters, the
agent produces "bizarre effects" in- rapid sequence: diz-
ziness, severe itching or tingling of skin with formation of
multiple small hard blisters, nausea, coughing of blood-
tinged material, choking, vomiting of massive amounts of
blood, shock and death of those directly under the sprays, of-
ten within hours.
Questioned about the number of deaths caused by the
poison, one scientist said the estimates range from several
thousand up to 30,000. But he said there is no reliable infor-
mation on the subject.
The chemical agents used are common to cold climates
and do not occur naturally in Southeast Asia. The scientists
said they doubted any of the three countries has the
capability of producing the agents in the quantities believed
to have been employed in recent years.
Undersecr'etary of State Walter Stoessel said the United
States will wage a worldwide public campaign through the
United Nations and other agencies directed against halting
biological warfare- outlawed by treaty.
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Other members said the decision
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"There's still a problem within the
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