Nerve Gas Warfare
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PORTON (England), May 26. The director of Britain's chemical defence experimental establishment at Porton today described the threat of an attack by nerve gases as “most serious.” Britain would not initiate the use of nerve gases but she could not guarantee that an enemy would not, he said. Work was being done on nerve gases at Porton so that means could be found to counter them, he said. “We regard our work here as a premium on an insurance policy,” he added.
The director, Dr. Eric Haddon, was talking .to journalists making their first visit to the centre. Dr. Haddon said the establishment's scientists had produced devices to give automatic warning of the presence of nerve gases. There were new respirators for servicemen and civilians, and new anti-gas clothing. Powders had been developed to eliminate poison from the skin. Even if a victim stopped breathing, he could still be revived with a special artificial respiration machine.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30451, 27 May 1964, Page 17
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