University Daily Kansan
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Substitute Discussed For Maiming, Killing
Chemical warfare is a substitute for "maiming and killing people," Maj. Frank A. Jones, a member of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps, said yesterday at the Faculty Forum.
Maj. Jones spoke of herbicides and incapacitants in respect to the role they play in biological and chemical warfare.
An incapacitating agent, Maj. Jones explained, is a non-lethal agent. It can either make persons physically immobile or mentally disabled. Maj. Jones said.
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One of the major advantages of LSD in warfare is that "you have not torn up cities and the people are still alive." Mai. Jones said.
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"You become completely disorientated," Maj. Jones commented, when speaking of his experience.
Maj Jones described on a personal level the effects which LSD has on individuals. In May, 1959, Maj. Jones participated as a volunteer in a test involving LSD.
"WITHIN TWO HOURS after taking the agent, I realized that something was happening but I was not sure just what it was," he recalled. "My heels began to itch. I suddenly left my desk and began to walk . . . I experienced hallucinations such as seeing a wall turn every color possible; seeing the lettuce and tomato on my lunch tray turn all colors and even move . . . After a night's rest, I was back at my desk apparently none the worse for my experience.
EXPLAINING THAT incapacitating agents are chemical and not biological, Major Jones referred to "mustard gas" as an example. He said that "mustard gas," used during World War I, created water blisters on the skin of the enemy. The gas was not lethal, he explained, but temporarily incapacitated the enemy and kept him out of the war.
There are two types of incapacitating agents — psychochemical agents which disturb a person's mental process and physical agents which "render a person incapable of bodily control." Major Jones said. LSD was mentioned by Maj. Jones as being the incapacitating agent which was under the consideration of the Army.
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Herbicides are compounds which kill plants, Maj. Jones said.
IN THE ACTION of the Republic of Viet Nam against the Viet Cong, herbicides find a military use, according to Maj. Jones. He explained that the Viet Cong guerrilla operations from deep in the dense vegetation along "roads, canals, paths, trails or other places where it is to his advantage."
"The guerrilla depends heavily upon the dense vegetation to conceal his movements and also permit him to ambush from a very short range," he said.
The United States, Maj. Jones said, has been assisting the Republic of Viet Nam by showing them how to use herbicides to kill the vegetation on either side of the roads, canals, and other routes.
As a result of killing vegetation, Maj. Jones said, "The guerrilla, in order to ambush in these treated areas, must now strike his target from a distance off the road. The target elements now have an advantage in these areas of being able to react to the ambush with a degree of control and coordination."
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