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Title:
NOTE TO DR J L LIVERMAN, SUBJECT: RE PRISONER EXPERIMENTS IN WASHINGTON STATE ( ATT: FACTSHEET HUMAN EXPERIMENTATON FORM )
Author(s):
GARON, P [ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.S.]
Subject Terms:
HREX; EXPERIMENTS; GENITALS; INMATES; IRRADIATION; MEMORANDUM; PRESS RELEASE; PRISONERS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1976 Mar 03
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0003
Accession Number:
NV0703706
Originating Research Org.:
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
MEMORANDUM FROM PHIL GARON, OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, ERDA, TO DR. J. L. LIVERMAN, AES - GTN. MR. GARON IS INFORMING DR. LIVERMAN OF THE SEATTLE NEWSPAPER STORY ON THE TESTICULAR IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS DONE ON PRISONERS AT WASHINGTON STATE. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THE EXPERIMENTS ON THE PRISONERS IS DR. C. ALVIN PAULSEN, WHO IS QUOTED IN THE NEWSPAPER AS SAYING THAT 8 OF THE 60 IRRADIATED PRISONERS IN WASHINGTON DECLINED AND DIDN'T RECEIVE A VASECTOMY. MR. GARON MADE IT KNOWN IN HIS MEMO TO DR LIVERMAN THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT DR. PAULSEN TO CONFIRM HIS STORY.