1969 UN Report of the Secretary-General on chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and the effects of their possible use

1 July 1969 | UN. Secretary-General |Source

“FORWARD BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

During the past few years, I have become increasingly concerned by developments in the field of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and have given expression to this concern on several occasions. A year ago, I stated publicly that “the international community was not sufficiently conscious of the dangers inherent in this new type of weapon of mass murder”, and that “due attention had not been focused on this very serious problem”.”

“135. Figure 1 (c) shows the zone covered by a linear aerial source, as in the case of dissemination of a non-volatile agent from and aircraft.

136. The emitted cloud is carried by the wind and does not touch the ground until it has traveled some distance away from the line of flight of the disseminating aircraft;” -p. 42