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sr-t r_ i ;l l SUB-PROJECT NO. 143 PRINCIPAL • RFSEARCHER AND LOCATION: Associate Professor of Biology University of Houston, Texas OBJECTIVE AND DETAILS OF WORK : To determine if the growth of mi croorgan i sms in petroleum products can be markedly increased by the addition of substatic concentrations of anti-microbial agents. May have wide application to all areas of biological sabotage . APPROXIMATE TIME SPAN : January 1353 - December 1964 SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS: Biological Sabotage FUNDING : COVER MECHANISM : Gesnickter Fund for Medical Research APPROXIMATE TOTAL : 541,500 RESEARCH PARTICIPANT : Research assistants - unwitting OTHER SPONSORS : None identified NAMES OF CIA MONITORS: Raymond Treichler Sidney Gottlieb APPROVERS: E2 IMPDET orpn^i t;