LETTER TO WILLIAM L. ARMSTRONG FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2009
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• Publication Date: June 20, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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target areasi at the gigantic Shikhany
Chemical 'lest Range located southeast
of Moscow and ... such tests are appar-
The Soviet Union is testing deadly ently continuing;' Quentin Crommelin Jr.
chemical and biological weapons on, and David S. Sullivan charge in their
unwilling human subjects "tied to book, "Soviet Military Supremacy,"
stakes" at a range near Moscow,- two which was released last week.
defense analysts have charged. Angelo Codevilla, an aide to Sen. Mal-
"In 1980, soon after the invasion of colm Wallop, R=Wyo., and a former staff
Afghanistan, the Soviets conducted member of the'Senate Intelligence Com-
lethal chemical and biological tests mittee, confirmed .that the Soviets are
against men and women tied to stakes in known to have conducted such tests.
TESTING
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But another source familiar with
national intelligence matters, who'
spoke on condition that he not be
named, said U.S. intelligence offi-
cials have "plenty of evidence" of
such testing.
"There is loads of photographic
evidence plus human intelligence
reports;' he said. He said he has seen
satellite photographs and human
intelligence reports documenting
the tests.
Otber sources in the intelligence
community said the Soviets gener-
ally know when U.S. spy satellites
are in a position to observe their
activities and doubted the Soviets
would allow such tests to be
observed.
Mr. Sullivan, an aide to several
conservative senators, worked as an
analyst for the Central Intelligence
Agency until 1978. Since then, he has
worked on Capitol Hill, with the
exception of a short stint with the
Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency. Many regard him as an
expert on the subject of Soviet vio-
lations of strategic arms limitation
treaties.
Mr. Crommelin is a Washington
lawyer who has worked on the staff
of the Senate Armed Services Com-
mittee, among others, and on the
Defense Department transition
team for the first Reagan adminis-
tration term. '
The book, written as a project of
the Defense and Strategic Studies
program of the University of
"That is true;' he said in an interview
last week. He said he knew that "from
regular intelligence briefings given to
U.S. naval officers 15 years ago" - not,
he emphasized, from information
obtained while serving on the intelli-
gence committee:
Mr. Gbdevilla said, he doesn't know if
the Soviets are.still condudting'tests on-
humans.
Experts in the field of chemical and
Southern California, was cleared for He also said. "We've seen cre1n-
publication by the Central Intelli- aforia nearby."
gence Agency, because of Mr. Sul- "We know they cremate the
'Evan's past employment with the animals," he said. "We don't know
agency. A CIA spokesman empha- how they dispose of the (humhn]
sized, however, that CIA clearance is bodies. We assume they cremate
concerned only with whether a book them."
contains classified information, not The source said the United States
with the accuracy of the allegations has been able to observe the alleged
in it. testing "only fortuitously."
The CIA declined to comment on But, he said, "We've.seen hun-
the'allegations themselves. dreds [of people tied to stakes], end'
"It [Soviet chemical and biologi- we have to assume that if we've seen
cal weapons testing] is a very sen- hundreds they've tested many
sitive subject, and we just haven't more."
released any information on it at all;' Other analysts were cautious in
the spokesman said. their reactions to the charges. I
Spokesmen'for the DIA, the State "I have heard the allegations:'
Department and the ACDA respond- said Brad Roberts, a fellow i at
ed similarly. Georgetown University's Center for
"I am unable to confirm the infor- ? Strategic and International Studies.
mation;' a DIA spokesman said. "They are fairly widely known. But
"We don't have any information on I don't know if they are accuratel'
that at all;' said an. ACDA spokes- Mr. Roberts said the allegatioig, is
than not incredible,"but that he woukij be
But the source who claims to have "surprised" if it were true because
seen the evidence of the tests the Soviet chemical warfare..p'~v-
insisted that U.S. officials are well gram is so advanced there is little.
aware of the tests. need for such experimentation.
"We've seen the stakes, we've seen The Shikhany complex was built
in the 1920s and is one of the Sovi-
the people," hesaid. "We've seen just
animals [tied to the stakes], we've ets' primary chemical weapons test
seen just people, and we've seen both areas" according to a 1983 Defense
together." Department report on Soviet
chemical weapons capabilities.
"They are testing the [chemical "It [the allegation] is sometin'tes
and biological] agents to see how confused with the fact that the Sovi-
long it takes to kill;' the source said. . ets train on a very large scale with
"We've seen people down. We don't the real stuff and they sometimes
know if they're dead or wounded." lose troops;' Mr. Roberts said.
The source said "humint," or Robert H. Kupperman, director
human intelligence reports, "told us of science and technology at CSIS,
they [the victims] are political pris- said, "I've heard it, but I've seen! no
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testing are widely known, but they said
they had of seen supporting evidence.
Spokes en for the Central Intelli-
gence Ag nCy, the Defense Intelligence'
Agency, tie State Department and the
Arms Co trol and Disarmament Agency
declined to confirm the charge.
Neither Mr. Sullivan nor Mr. Crom-
melin would give details of the informa-
tion on which their charge is based.
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