SOVIET USE OF NAPALM AND GAS IN AFGHANISTAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96R01136R002605140063-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2010
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: March 30, 1980
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT= SOVIET USE OF NAPALM AND GAS IN AFGHANISTAN
to MICHAEL BARRY, A "SPECIAL ENVOY" OF THE PARIS-BASED
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS GAVE
A ORESS CONFERENCE HERE ON MARCH 26 DURING WHICH HE
CLAIMED HE HAS OROOF THAT THE SOVIETS ARE MAKING
MASSIVE USE OF NAPALM, AND GAS IN AFGHANISTAN. HARRY
IS IDENTIFIED AS A RESEARCHER AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY WHO
SPEAKS DARI AND SOME PUSHTUAND IS THE AUTHOR OF A
REFERENCE WORK ON AFGHANISTAN. BARRY REPORTEDLY SPENT
THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 24 w MARCH 20 IN THE PESHAWAR-
CHITRAL AREAS INTERVIEPING MORE THAN LOP REFUGEES. HE
IS SAID TO HAVE TAPED MORE THAN 20 HOURS OF INTERVIEWS
DURING WHICH REFUGEES DESCRIBED THEIR ORDEALS.
ACCORDING TO LEMONDE, BARRY DESCRIBES THREE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF GAS BEING USED: ONE A TEAR GAS PRODUCING
HEADACHES AND NAUSEA, THE SECOND A LAUGHING GAS
ORODUCINO FAINTING SOELLS, THE THIRD AN IRRITANT
PROJECTED "LIKE BOILING WATER" FROM HELICOPTERS WHICH
RESULTS IN SKIN BLISTERS.
2. AFP ALSO QUOTES BARRY AS SAYING HE ALSO HAS TAPED
INTERVIEWS WITH PERSIAN SPEAKING REFUGEES ATTESTING TO
THE MASSIVE USE OF NAPALM. HE IS QUOTED AS SAYING HE
PROPOSES TO HAVE THESE TAPES TRANSLATED BY AN IRANIAN
JURIST, SQ THAT THEY CAN'T BE DISCLAIMED AS AMERICAN
PROPAGANDA.
3. BARRY INTERVIEW IS ALSO CARRIED ON UPI WIRE AND
IS FRONT PAGE STORY IN MARCH 27 INTERNATIONAL HERALD
TRIBUNE. IHT/UPI STORY DESCRIBES OTHER TORTURES BUT
DOES NUT PICK UP ON GAS/NAPALM USE.
4. MARCH 28 EDITION OF LEMONDE (WHICH COMES OUT
AFTERNOON MARCH 27) CARRIES ANOTHER REPORT OF THE
BARRY PRESS CONFERENCE IN WHICH HE IS QUOTED AS SAYING
THAT SINCE LAST DECEMBER SOVIETS HAVE TAKEN DIRECT
CONTROL OF AFGHAN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AT ALL LEVELS,
AND THAT HE INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF WITNESSES WHO
CLAIM THAT SOVIET OFFICERS WERE PRESENT WHEN
ATROCITIES WERE COMMITTED AGAINST THE CIVILIAN
POPULATION.
HARTMAN
END. OF MESSAGE
State Dept. review completed
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