§ Ms AthertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 16 January 2002,Official Report, column 317W, on Nancekuke, whether there are records of equipment and materials being brought from overseas for use, storage and disposal at CDE Nancekuke. [29965]
§ Dr. MoonieThere are no surviving records which detail the origin of equipment and materials used at the Chemical Defence Establishment. Nancekuke.
However, records summarising the technical programme undertaken at Nancekuke indicate that in 1959, CN (chloroacetophenone) of both Belgian and Italian origin was transferred to Nancekuke. Some of the CN of Belgian origin was returned to Belgium during 1962 to 1967.
Additional anecdotal evidence also implies that some of the nerve agent production plant built at Nancekuke contained equipment originating from Germany.