Footnotes

1

Mr Cayley died in July 1981 of chronic bronchitis. At a subsequent inquest he was recorded as having been ‘killed by the King’s enemies’. ‘Let this be a warning,’ added the Coroner, ‘to anyone who plans using gas or bacterial warfare. This man suffered for more than sixty years as the result of First World War gassing.’

2

The main American germ warfare factory, at Vigo in Indiana, would – at peak production – have been capable of producing twelve times this amount; 100 tons of bacteria per month.

3

Taken from a ‘Summary Report on B W Investigations’ submitted to the Chief of the US Chemical Corps in Washington on 12 December 1947. Released in 1981 under the Freedom of Information Act.

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