Word: schwartzstein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Schwartzstein: My point is that you cannot necessarily draw conclusions about the entire issue from one or two samples...
...Schwartzstein: Well, first of all, let me say this; prior to making public statements there were approaches to the Soviets, the Vietnamese and to Laos on this--through diplomatic channels--which had no effect. Next step, the United States took a compilation of reports, about which it made no statements as to the accuracy, but simply said these were reports of chemical weapons use, to the United Nations and said we believe a multilateral investigation is necessary. And the United Nations, in the autumn of 1980 mandated a four-member panel to do an investigation. That investigation that demanded...
...Schwartzstein: I think there is a basic truth that chemical warfare is being waged. I think there have been a lot of small mistakes in how the investigation has been conducted, but you don't put a stop to something like chemical warfare by simply saying, "we need a few more years to test this, we need a few more years to do scientific laboratory analysis. "You don't save any lives in doing that. I think there's a very strong humanitarian concern in the State Department...
...Schwartzstein: Obviously verification depends to a considerable degree on intelligence data...
...Schwartzstein: The U.S. government is too big and too open for something like this to be fabricated or to be an elaborate plot of some sort...