Commonwealth Relations Office to U.K. High Commission (India), 5th May, 1955 (DO 35/8639).- Correspondence Details
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Sent From (Definite): Commonwealth Relations OfficeSent To: High Commission of the United Kingdom (New Delhi)Date: 5 May 1955
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5 May 1955
Description:'CYPHER
PRIORITY
No. 953 SECRET
RHESUS MONKEYS
My telegram No. 911.
Following is extract from report by Chapman Pincher in today's Daily Express. Begins:
The Indian government is to lift its ban on the export of monkeys to Britain for the manufacture of anti-polio vaccine.
This was announced officially last night. But no more monkeys will be supplied for rocket experiments, atom bomb tests, or germ warfare research.
Monkeys will be sent only for medical purposes.
This agreement, which ends a four-month ban imposed after the accidental suffocation of 394 monkeys at London Airport, has been negotiated by the Commonwealth Relations Office.'
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Sent toHigh Commission of the United Kingdom (New Delhi)
5 May 1955
Description:'CYPHER
PRIORITY
No. 953 SECRET
RHESUS MONKEYS
My telegram No. 911.
Following is extract from report by Chapman Pincher in today's Daily Express. Begins:
The Indian government is to lift its ban on the export of monkeys to Britain for the manufacture of anti-polio vaccine.
This was announced officially last night. But no more monkeys will be supplied for rocket experiments, atom bomb tests, or germ warfare research.
Monkeys will be sent only for medical purposes.
This agreement, which ends a four-month ban imposed after the accidental suffocation of 394 monkeys at London Airport, has been negotiated by the Commonwealth Relations Office.'
