CHARLES J. CONRAD

ASSEMBLY

Room 3146 Phone (916) 445- 4383
State Capitol Sacramento, 95814 CW)

 

 

 

FOR RELEASE Contact: Janet Hothersall
DECEMBER 9, 1969 (213) 872-0057

California Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Charles J. Conrad
today released the attached letter he wrote to President
Richard M. Nixon regarding the President's chemical and bio-
logical warfare announcement, November 25.

Conrad expresses concern about President Nixon's proposal
to ratify the Geneva Protocol and limit our Nation's capabilities
in the chemical and biological warfare field.

The attached letter was also presented today to the House
Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs headed by Congressman Clement
J. Zablocki. Zablocki's Subcommittee is considering President
Nixon's proposal.

Conrad, who served as a chemical warfare specialist during
World War II, has, for the past decade, spoken on the need for

the United States to retain a strong posture in the CBW field.

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