Burden sought to accelerate biological weapons production in the 1950s.

Evidence

Burden, who was in photographs a pouchy, owlish man, and was by his own account a discriminating wine connoisseur as well as a collector of great paintings, had an office next to Finletter and several capable assistants, and he began doing what he could to accelerate production of the hydrogen bomb. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 534

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 534
• XREF: connects to: Doolittle advocated for biological warfare advancements in 1951. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 525; The U.S. recommended intensified biological warfare research in 1951. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139

Library Connections

• The U.S. recommended intensified biological warfare research in 1951. #corroborates (0.85) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139