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Tuesday, September 16, 1975  (PDF: 4152 K)
 
Testimony of William E. Colby...		 
 
Testimony of Nathan Gordon...		  (PDF: 5045 K)
Wednesday, September 17, 1975  (PDF: 2675 K)
 
Testimony of Ambassador Richard Helms...		 
 
Testimony of James Leonard...		  (PDF: 1072 K)
Thursday, September 18, 1975  (PDF: 1533 K)
 
Statement of Dr. Edward Schantz...		 
 
Testimony of Charles A. Senseney...		  (PDF: 1400 K)
 
Testimony of Robert T. Andrews...		  (PDF: 764 K)
Hearings Exhibits  (PDF: 1687 K)
 
1. February 16, 1970 DDP memorandum from Thomas Karamessines...		 
 
2. Excerpts from a CIA inventory of lethal and incapacitating agents...		 
 
3. Two sheets of paper dated February 18, 1970...		 
 
4. November 25, 1969 White House press release...		 
 
5. February 14, 1970 White House press release...		 
 
6. October 13, 1967 memorandum from Chief, Technical Services Division...		 
 
7. November 25, 1969 National Security Council Decision Memorandum 35...		 
 
8. February 20, 1970 National Security Council Decision Memorandum 44...		 
 
9. Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War...		 
 
10. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development...		 
 
11. List of persons who received toxins from Fort Detrick		 
 
12. Excerpt from "Summary Report, Working Fund Investigations"...		 
 
13. February 17, 1970, Special Operations Division, Toxin Inventory		 
Appendix: September 16, 1975 letter from William E. Colby... 

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Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents

Volume 1 of the Church Committee Reports, like each of the 7 “volumes,” consists of transcripts of hearings supplemented by documentary exhibits. The subject of the hearings in this volume is the unauthorized and illegal storage of toxic agents by the CIA for 5 years after their destruction was ordered by President Nixon. These toxins, stored at the Army’s Fort Detrick in Maryland, included anthrax and tuberculosis bacteria, the encephalitus virus, salmonella, shellfish toxin, the smallpox virus, and various other poisons and biological warfare agents. Witnesses called to testify included CIA Director William Colby, former CIA Director Richard Helms, Defense Department employees, and the former Chief of the CIA’s Technical Services Division.