BOOK ALLEGES SLAIN CHINESE GAVE CIA NERVE GAS PLANS
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CIA-RDP75-00149R000500250003-0
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RIPPUB
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1
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December 15, 2016
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January 6, 2004
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3
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Publication Date:
October 8, 1966
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?o1 Al e e Slain Chi?Iese
Gave GM . Nerve Gas Plans
The Hague, Oct. 7 t. --A Chi- nerve gas formula and its Polish
nese engineer, run down by. a Chi- inventor' are now -in the United' :?.,';
nese car in July, was reported in States.
a book published -today to have "It is not known whether thei
previously handed over a' micro- Polish scientist defected volunta
filmed formula for a fatal nerve rily or whether he was abducted='
,gas.to a United,States Central In- and if he did defect whether het
.telligcnce Agency agent. did it for idealistic or materialis
The book, "The Chinese Af- tic reasons," the book said.
fair," is by three Dutch newsmen. A' key role in obtaining the}
It is based on the death of Hsu formula for the CIA was attrib-I
Tsu-tsai, 42, identified as Iced Chi. uted in the book to 'a Chinese!
`na's top rocket expert- He was double agent who was granted po-~
run over July 16, then kidnaped State asylum by the United,
by Chinese from .the Red Cross lateeJulymbassy in Damascus in+
hospital in The Hague and taken ; ? :.
to the Chinese legation, Defected Syria
*here'he One of the authors, Link van, died the following day of internal Bruggen of the newspaper Deb
injuries. Rotterdammer, said he believed
Colleagues Confined if American diplomats were ques-'
Hight of Hsu's colleagues are tinned' on this-
his point they, would
,confined to the' legation, which is refer to Miao Shen-pal.
surrounded by 50 police to , back He said Miao was a minor mem
tup Dutch demands that they test!- ber -of a Chinese trade delegation'
fy about his death. in Syria who defected in a. shifti
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charge that was not announced until after
:.:d'affaires, Gerard Jan Jongejans, the doubIa, agent changed sides.
rs held hostage by the Chinese Miao has been ranted rmis-
Bute according to the book the siunto liv8 S the United
tates
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