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Leathers said, 'We were indirectly concerned in the fringes of the subject during the war But in the end neither side used it Around 1944 the A the whole of the Japanese rice crop by the use of aerial sprays But, as I recall, Roosevelt vetoed the idea'

'Right,' said Franklin 'Dead right But the subject is still very much alive And very riculturalized country in the world We had tothe war to keep ourselves froet for an attack of this kind' He slowly brought his hands down on the table for eentlemen, that if such an attack could be launched, and it can only be countered by slaughtering the poultry and ani the crops, ould be a bankrupt country within a ging for bread!'

'Never thought of that,' said M reflectively, 'but it see up the pa on the subject by our friends in Aical Warfare, but we're not concerned with those - CW, BW, and RW they call theust 29th, 1960, prepared by “The Subcon Relations” My Ministry goes along with the general findings on BW, with the reservation that Ahtly-packed one BW would hit us a thousand times harder than it would hit the States May I read you a few extracts?'

M positively loathed the probleence side, they all ended up on his plate Bond, amused, watched him summon an expression of polite interest' Go ahead, Mr Franklin'

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So in an even, expository tone of voice, frequently stopping to explain a point or when he skipped irrelevant passages

'This section,' he said, 'is headed “Biological Warfare Weapons and Defense” This is how it goes on:

'"Biological Warfare,' he read, 'is often referred to as bacteriological, bacterial, or germ warfare but it is preferred over those teranisms, insects and other pests, and toxic products of plant and ani certain cherowth:

Micro-organisi, protozoa)

Toxins (microbial, animal, plant)

Vectors of disease (arthropods (insects and acarids), birds and animals)

Pests (of anirowth inhibitors, herbicides, defoliants)

'“Biological Warfare agents, like Che it possible to select an agent best suited to accomplish the objective desired, whether it be temporary incapacity with little after-effects or serious illness and many deaths There are some important differences between BW and CW other than their scientific classifications BW agents have an incubation period of days, sometimes weeks' - (Franklin looked up 'See what Iin their action while CW weapons usually bring reactions within a few seconds to a few hours CW agents are easier to detect than BW agents, and identification of the latter could often be too late to pernificantly at his audience) ' BW agents theoretically are h this advantage ents under exposure”'

Franklin paused His finger went down the page “Then it goes on to talk about anti-personnel BW agents like anthrax, typhus, ser stopped - 'here we are ”Anti-aniht be used to incapacitate or destroy domestic animals are: