General Twining supported the use of biological agents in warfare.

Evidence

On October 20, 1950, Twining issued a top-secret order to all of his deputies in the Air Force. “The Joint Chiefs of Staff have agreed,” he wrote, “that action should be initiated at once to make the United States capable of employing toxic chemical and biological agents and of defending against enemy use of these agents.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 521

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  • corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 521