Notebook Shows Aum Interested in Price of Nuclear Warhead
Abstract:
Japanese police confiscated a notebook from an arrested senior Aum Shinrikyo member, Tetsuyka Kibe, which contained notes showing the group's interest in the price of nuclear warheads from the former Soviet Union.
Abstract Number: 19950630
Headline: Notebook Shows Aum Interested in Price of Nuclear Warhead
Date: 16 April 1995
Bibliography: JPRS-TOT
Orig. Src.: Asahi Shimbun, 16 April 1995, p. 1
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