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facilities provided to protect the experimental subject against even remote possibilities of injury, disability, or death. i. The experiment should be conducted only by scientifi- cally qualified persons. The highest degree of skill and care should be required through all stages of the experiment of those who conduct or engage in the experiment. j. During the course of the experiment the human subject should be at liberty to bring the experiment to an end if he has reached the physical or mental state where continuation of the experiment seems to him to be impossible. k. During the course of the experiment the scientist in charge must be prepared to terminate the experiment at any stage, if he has probable cause to believe, in the exercise of the good faith, superior skill and careful judgment required of him that a continuation of the experiment is likely to result in injury, dis- ability, or death to the experimental subject. l. The established policy, which prohibits the use of prisoners of war in human experimentation, is continued and they will not be used under any circumstances. 3. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are authorized to conduct experiments in connection with the development of defenses of all types against atomic, biological and/or chemical warfare agents involving the use of human subjects within the limits prescribed above. 4. In each instance in which an experiment is proposed pur- suant to this memorandum, the nature and purpose of the proposed experiment and the name of the person who will be in charge of such experiment shall be submitted for approval to the Secretary of the military department in which the proposed experiment is to be conducted. No such experiment shall be undertaken until such Secretary has approved in writing the experiment proposed, the person who will be in charge of conducting it, as well as informing the Secretary of Defense. 5. The addresses will be responsible for insuring compliance with the provisions of this memorandum within their respective Services.  C.E. Wilson Copies furnished: Joint Chiefs of Staff Research and Development Board |
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