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CONTENTS

Opening statement by the chairman..

LIST OF WITNESSES

Beal, Hon. Thaddeus R., Under Secretary of the Army; accompanied by

Brig. Gen. John E. Murray, Director of Army Transportation, Office of

the Deputy Chief of Staff; Brig. Gen. William Stone, Director of Chem-

ical and Nuclear Operations, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff; R.

Kenley Webster, Deputy General Counsel of the Army; Dr. Conrad

Cheek, chemical oceanographer, Ocean Science Division, Naval Research

Laboratory-

Phases of Operation Chase_

Sanders, Dr. Howard L., senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic In-

stitution, Woods Hole, Mass-

Biographical sketch...

Train, Hon. Russell E., Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality;

accompanied by Dr. Lee M. Talbot, senior scientist; and Dr. J. Gordon

McDonald, member..

Steinfeld, Dr. Jesse, Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Department

of Health, Education, and Welfare--

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Pope A. Lawrence_

Ervin Bellack_

Meacham, Charles H., Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, Department of

the Interior; accompanied by Dr. George J. Ridgway, Dr. Roland Smith,

Walter J. Hunt, and Robert Kifer...

Rhinelander, John B., Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State; ac-

companied by Herman Pollack, Director of the Bureau of International

Scientific and Technological Affairs; and Allen Harris, special assistant

to the Legal Adviser___

Paul, Martin A., executive secretary, National Research Council, Division

of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, National Academy of Sciences__

Cheek, Dr. Conrad H., chemical oceanographer, Ocean Sciences Division,

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C..

Tesche, Dr. Frederick R., Deputy Director, Division of Military Applica-

tion, Atomic Energy Commission; accompanied by Comdr. Ronald

Richter

Stone, Brig. Gen. W. W., Jr., Director of Chemical and Nuclear Operations,

Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development, Department of the

Army...

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS

Christ, F. H., Chemical Ammunition, equipment office, letter of

June 15, 1970_

Feasibility study-Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Nevada Operations

Office, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission_...

Glasgow, Leslie L., Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks,
Department of the Interior, letter of July 23, 1970...

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Gross, Paul, chairman, professor of chemistry emeritus, Duke University:
Letter of July 24, 1970_

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Letter of May 15, 1970...

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Layton, C. F., Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Parks, and Marine
Resources, Department of the Interior, letter of December 2, 1969----
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee To Investigate Disposal Hazards of
Ĉertain Chemical Munitions_

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Seitz, Frederick, President, National Academy of Sciences, Office of the
President, letter of June 25, 1970-

Steinfeld, Jesse L., Surgeon General, Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare, letter of June 16, 1970..

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