Biological warfare tests by British WW2 scientists revealed in secret files
British scientists experimented with ways to use the planned release of human and animal diseases against the enemy during the Second World War.
英國科學家以多種方法試驗，在第二次世界大戰釋放已計劃的人類和動物疾病對抗敵人。
By Nick Collins
Published: 9:21AM BST 17 May 2010
霍亂、痢疾、傷寒和手足口病均被進行試作為有潛質的戰爭武器，根據此前向國家檔案館公佈的秘密文件。
名單顯示， 新的文件表露出英國於衝突期間在生物武器研究的深入度，亦已知道實驗包括炭疽。
專家們承認，“生物戰”是違反 1925年日內瓦協議，但仍進行數項試驗，其中多數在索爾茲伯里附近的波頓下，和在薩里的皮布賴特。
他們將報告給戰時內閣的波頓實驗小組，它承認“細菌戰”是違反 1925年日內瓦協議，衛報報導。
會議記錄被列為“秘密”和“要被保存以鎖和鑰匙”。
生物武器的使用是不被視為“可能達到決定性的作用”，但準備工作被認為是需要的，以抵禦類似的敵人的攻擊作為“報復手段”。
科學家們遇到問題，當試圖檢驗疾病對牛羣的影響，因為動物拒絕吃含有感染或切割玻璃的糕餅。
專家寫低：“觀察指出牛羣對任何新類型的食物是頗有疑心的。”
Cholera, dysentery, typhoid and foot-and-mouth disease were all trialled as potential weapons of war, according to previously secret files released to the National Archives.
The list revealed in the new documents demonstrates the breadth of the British research into biological weapons during the conflict, which was already known to have included experiments with anthrax.
Experts recognised that "biological warfare" was against the 1925 Geneva protocol, but still carried out a number of tests, the majority of them at Porton Down, near Salisbury, and Pirbright in Surrey.
They gave reports to the War Cabinet's Porton experiments subcommittee, which recognised that "bacteriological warfare" was against the 1925 Geneva protocol, The Guardian reported.
The minutes were classified as "secret" and "to be kept under lock and key".
The use of biological weapons was not seen as "likely to achieve a decisive effect" but preparation was thought to be necessary in order to defend against similar enemy attacks and as a "means of retaliation".
Scientists encountered problems when attempting to examine the effect of diseases on cattle because the animals refused to eat cakes containing infections or cut glass.
Experts wrote: "Observations have shown that cattle are rather suspicious of any new type of food."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7732442/Biological-warfare-tests-by-British-WW2-scientists-revealed-in-secret-files.html
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