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the dangers created by the use of chemical or bacteriological weapons" 66 it
appears noteworthy that the outbreaks of the world's most feared and deadly
viruses Marburg, Ebola, Reston, and AIDS—share the dubious distinction
of breaking out in or around zones of U.S. and West German, NATOallied,
military experimentation at the height of the cold war; increased
political/military interest in Central Africa, and a burgeoning of WHO and
NCI contracts for the supply of simians for "defensive" research. 44
AIDS, GAYS, BLACKS AND THE CIA
It is also noteworthy that in 1975, five years following the signing of the
Geneva accord by Nixon, congressional records revealed that the USPHS
through the Special (i.e., covert) Operations Division of the Army continued
to supply biological weapons including deadly neurotoxins and viruses
to the CIA which illegally stored them in their Fort Detrick facility for
future unsanctioned uses. 67 Though records of who initiated and directed
this covert activity were destroyed by the CIA, along with the famous
Watergate tapes, 68 Mr. Nathan Gordon, Former Chief of the CIA's
Chemistry Branch, Technical Services Division confessed knowledge that
some of the stored substances were to be used to "study immunization
methods for diseases vis-a-vis—who knows, cancer." 69 Furthermore, following
Nixon's resignation, President Ford and Henry Kissinger were
made aware that the CIA maintained a residual supply of biological
weapons, but neither ordered their destruction according to testimony provided
by Former CIA Director Richard Helms. 70
In subsequent congressional hearings before the Senate Subcommittee
on Health and Scientific Research, it was revealed that George W Merck,
"of the prominent Merck pharmaceutical firm," directed America's biological
weapons manufacturing industry for decades following World War
II. 71 Merck & Company, Inc. was also listed among the DOD biological
weapons contractors. 72 Merck, Sharp and Dohme provided major financial
support for the earliest hepatitis B vaccination studies conducted
simultaneously in Central Africa and New York City during the early
1970s. Several authorities have argued these vaccine trials might best
explain the unique and varying epidemiological patterns of HIV/AIDS
transmission between the U.S. and Africa. "The vaccine was prepared in
the laboratories of the Department of Virus and Cell Biology Research,
Merck Insti-tute for Therapeutic Research, West Point, Pennsylvania. The
placebo, [was] also prepared in the Merck Laboratories." 72
During the holocaust, Nazi scientists assayed non-Arian blood to determine
race specific disease susceptibilities. Blacks and homosexuals, along
with Jews, were persecuted by the Nazis. Over 10,000 gay men were murdered.
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