"...food and drinking water were being
poisoned by toxic herbicides."
-Hungarian Delegation, 1966
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"...the Protocol does not apply to herbicides, which involve the same chemicals and have the same effects as those used domestically in the United States, the Soviet Union, and many other countries to control weeds and other unwanted vegetation."
-James Nabrit Jr, former United States United Nation Representative, 1965
"The General Assembly considering that chemical and biological methods of warfare have always been viewed with horror and been justly condemned by the international community....emphasizing the urgency of the need to achieving the earliest elimination of chemical, bacteriological (biological) weapons."
-U.N. Resolution 2454, 1969
"These herbicides should never have been used in the way
that they were used."
-Anonymous US pilot
"Johnston Atoll is a possession of the United States, located approximately 700 miles southwest of the state of Hawaii. Because Johnston Atoll is an isolated and secure location, it is considered strategically important and an ideal base for atmospheric nuclear testing...The two major missions on Johnston Atoll...and the Army's storage and disposal of chemical munitions and agents."
- Excerpt from Defense Nuclear Agency Activities at Johnston Atoll, 1989 (Remnants of Agent Orange are stored at Johnston Atoll)