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1 me come to the nor specific questions. I'm really
2 interested in, General, whether or not -you got
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3 involved at all in the detailed decisions concerning
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the Defoliation Program, like what concentration of
'5 the chemical would be used per acre.
5 A. No --
7 MR. O'BRIEN: Note my objection.
8 A. That was a technical matter that I was not
9 involved in.
10 Q. And did you, General, become involved in
11 such detailed decisions as what chemicals to use and
12, what -- in what mixture and in what proportion to
13 each other?
14 A. I was not involved in that. That was done by
15 the operational people.
16 Q. And did you get involved, General, in
17 precisely what safeguards should be used in handling
18 the chem ica 1s?
19 MR. O'BRIEN: Note my objection.
20 A. Well, here again, that was a technical problem
21 and the people handling the particular munition were
2 2 trained and skilled in that type of activity.
23 Q1 General, if my notes are correct, one of
24 the things you indicated, today, as the purpose of
25 the Defoliation program, was avoiding -- was
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