Speaker. in the past month there has been a growing number of reports that nerve gas and other lethal chemical agents have been used by Soviet forces against Afghans resisting the invasion of their country. Moscow has predictably denied these charges. and it is most unlikely that any outside investigation will be permitted. But Afghan refugees arriving in Pakistan are bringing lurid accounts of the effects of these terrifying weapons. I have personally reviewed the information available to our Government and am convinced that the Soviets are using poison gas in Afghanistan. Last December 20 the House passed a resolution I authored which which condemned lethal chemical warfare by Sovietassisted forces in Indochina.
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