WEEKLY SURVEYOR

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This publicallon is intended to furnish the intelligence communityimely survey of significant current scientific intelligence The items herein are based on se.ected incoming reports of all tonds received dunng the previous week. The com-menU represent the views ol the Office of Scientific Intelligence and the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center and are coordinated to the extent possible in ihe ume available within CU but. being based on the material at hand, are sub-;ect to change on receipt of further information or analysis. We caution against achon taken solely on the basis of the preliminary evaluations herein.questions concerning items in this publication may be addressed directly to the

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.wnercuoper, Polish Poison Gasan b3 deaths andases c:lj being hospitalized from exposureoisonous gas were reportedesult of an accidentilitary trainfroa East Germany to the Soviet Union. At least two cars carrying an undetermined type of poisonous gas were derailed aboutest of Warsaw near the town cf Jackowice. Aworker said that five villages ir. the area were evacuated. An unknown number of specialists with masks were reportedly sent into the immediate area some days after the accidont, but were fatally affected. Effects of the gas were reported to be acute bloating of tha abdomen, bleeding fron eyes and nose, and ultimately, death. J

Comment: The symptoms listed above do not fit those freduced by known toxic war gases. Neither does it appear -ogical that Soviet forces would use or ship toxic agents agains-which their protective masks are cf little or no va.ue. In the absence of more reliable and detailedit is possible that the carsoxiccheasical such as chlorine, and that the alleged specialists were equipped with improper car.isters. If the tcxic were some other chemical, the casualties may have resulted from percutaneous poisoning caused from handling the wreckage rather than through mask failure.

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rogram Emphasizes Research on GlycolateAgents:Dr. L. S. Larsson, Chief of the AppliedDivision of the Swedish CW laboratoriestated that his division had synthesizedstersuinuclidinolommon alcoholOne of the more activeithiochenethe same effects on the peripheral and central nervousas BZ, andose rate ofg/kg, theours. Furtherar.ned inincludes the preparation off BkTammmmmmmmmmmmmm,i

s research effort represents an art-met toariety of glycolate compounds similar to that

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of the US incapacitating agent, BZ, in order tccorfl *ffective or more readily produced incapacitating ageit cf the glycclate series. Scientists fromave, ere-'ieusly atatad that development of compounds more toxic than th* nerve agents was highly unlikely; this current emphasis or the in-capacitaTing-type agents indicating some redirection of effort mayeflection of this philosophy, as wella recognition cf rhe requirement for greater research atrcrt 3P. incapacicants for their military value. Although the effective dcse of0s not of CW significance, the limitation of effect tohoursesired characteristicimproved hallucinogen

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