Spends More on Poison Gas

by an American reader U. S · The Week Vol. 4, No. 14, 14 October 1965 · p. 4 of the scan · 81 words

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from an American reader Records published by the Pentagon on October 9th show that total purchases of poison gas amounted to $607,112 during the fiscal year 1964 and about $800,000 in the fiscal year 1965. So far in this fiscal year, which began on July 1st, the total procurement has amounted $1,021,746, or $200,000 more than the whole of the previous year. The U.S. Defence Department has openly admitted that the bulk of the poison gas is for use in Vietnam.