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Aum tried to enlist soldiers

Tuesday 23 May 1995 23:02 BST
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Aum tried to enlist soldiers

Tokyo - The Japanese government admitted for the first time that it suspected the Aum "Supreme Truth" cult of trying to enlist members of the armed forces for a plot to overthrow the state. The Minister of Defence, Tokuichiro Tamazawa, was commenting about a 38-year-old first lieutenant found to have given a military manual on chemical weapons to Aum last year. AFP

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