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- 1953 - 1993 (Creation)
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UK Tests.' File containing research notes, extracts of reports, interview notes, newspaper articles, scientific articles, correspondence and memoranda concerning research into chemical and biological warfare conducted at the UK Ministry of Defence establishment at Porton Down, Wiltshire, from 1916-1970s. Mentions Nancekuke Base, Cornwall and accidental exposure of Thomas H Griffiths to nerve gas in 1958.Also includes material relating to the Tripartite (quadripartite) Agreement between US, UK and Canada (and later Australia) regarding research into chemical and biological weapons and parallels with the human 'guinea pigs' used to test lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at Edgewood Arsenal, background notes on Bad Trip to Edgewood programme with notes recording conversation with Dr James Ketchum, former US Army psychiatrist at Edgewood Arsenal who visited Porton Down in 1965, and scripts for Bad Trip to Edgewood documentary.
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