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Four Harvard professors, including. Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Matthew S. Meselson and professor of Physics David Nelson, were named as recipients of MacArthur Fellow ships, one of the most prestigious academic awards granted in the United States...
Professor Matthew S. Meselson's attack on the Administration's position implicitly denies the validity of the government's evidence. Meselson contends that the toxins claimed by the Administration to be biological weapons are in fact naturally occurring microbes. Further, he claims that the "yellow rain" may actually be merely the product of mass bee defecation flights and says he was caught in just such a shower while visiting Thailand last month. Yet, while bee feces may create some toxins. Meselson's theory simply does not account for the indication of massive toxins in Southeast Asia...
...Meselson says he will contine to press his investigation of the alleged chemical warfare and expresses confidence that the government story will eventually unravel. If indeed the State Department acted too hastily, it should move quickly to retract its charges and withstand the opprobrium it is sure to receive...
This is why the government must further experiment and investigate the issue in order to convince skeptics like Meselson. The evidence may be compelling. But pragmatically speaking, only with a united front one the United States and other countries bring enough pressure to bear on the Soviets to stop flouting international law and morality...
WHILE WE AGREE with the majority opinion against chemical warfare, we find their lack of perspective disturbing. Most certainly Meselson's findings are insufficient but determining Soviet guilt should not be the focus of debate. Rather, as concerned Americans citizens, our attention ought to be focused on the issue of chemical warfare as a worldwide concern rather than an East-West moral rivalry. Too often, it seems, the Soviets are made to seem the scapegoat--especially when abuses are prevalent at home...