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Approved For Release 2900/98/14 nGIAWRDAI6-007H2BRAW300400002-9 At some point during the test Mr. zhang apparently attempted to extract the nut from the bottle. At that time, entire length of the thread became visibly stiff. About 3 or 4 cm of the thread emerged from under the tight rubber plug before the cotton fiber lost its stiffness and Mr. Zhang gave up attempts to extract it any more. Mr. Zhang made later an interesting remark on why he did not extract the radioactive source and the liquor sample (he was not told about the nature of this objects). He said he did not want to try because he did not like them. He did not like the "smell" 2 of them. After a next period of concentration, Mr. zhang asked for permission to touch the plastic bottle, already held by the investigator (Dr. Du), and, without inverting, shook it ina gesture similar to shaking salt out of a salt shaker. As the result most of the tablets came out, together with the tungsten sample. Immediately inspected, neither the bottle, nor its seal, nor the plastic pouch showed any damage or alteration. » Analysis of the samples Regretfully, none of the powerful modern methods capable of detecting minute changes in the microscopic, molecular, atomic 14 Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300400002-9