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C' . l-ection:f. ibbacotirsrrrouACQUISITIONSI ZEoare narcnBULK DATES L9.7Os-19BOsLOCATION OffsiteCOLLECTED BYSCOPE NOTE

Record: 3Chemical and Biological WarfareOpen to researchersFOIADonationr"7L9L6 - 19 91_

biological warfare, focusing onemphasis on Southeast Asia. Isssafety and proliferation of checontrol and disarmament, the Sv(1978-BB) and Fort McCIellen cloas use of Agent Orange and othe

Richie,.TordanThe collecti-on contains docume


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Triplett CBW Donat.ionWeer PapersBriti-sh Worl-d War II CMiscel-laneous British A

( includes estimates on Soviet Cbiological agents byWar II era documentswarfare in World WarLibrary of Congress CBWRadiological documents (U.S. Archives,-Tapanese BW TestingU.S. Governmental CommWar II)


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Di-oxin" - United Stat.eReport (Oct.ober t97B)Review of USAF Hea1th Sdocuments - ScientificInternationalcorporation (sAIc) (19Folder 1Fol-der 2Fol-der 3

19Bs)1-986)1eB7)5 - Herbicides - Yellow Rain -and Afghanist,anVietnam War documents (1I'Yellow Rain', in Southeadocuments (1978-]-981)


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Includes:Mostly rePorts- Threat. AssessmentsCataloged documents

Volunteers, (1-950-1990)Outdoor Testing, (L957 -L98Excl-usions - Unlabeled, (19Incoming FOIA requestsPresidential Revj-ew MemorawarfareStrategic Air Command (SAC


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I'Psychological Tmpact of(CB) with Respect t.o Tar(Title page only)U.S. Army War College SLraon Chemical Warfare studU.S. Army Dugway Proving GI'Target Vulnerabllit.y AnFronLrrDIA report entitled "souththe Soviet Connection"

DIA report entit.led I'sovieStatus and Threat'rDfA report entit.led i'ChemWarfare Capabilities: NAItaIy, and West. Germany'


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of Chemical Weapons fromDiscussions bet.ween Helmutregarding withdrawal ofthe Federal Republic of GU.S. consideration of Genefolders)FOIREQ 14883--Geneva Proto--Memoranda, letters, andpertaining to the Unit,edadherence to Geneva Proto

ratified in L975FOIREQ 922\--North Korea--Chemical, Biological, an--Chemical Warfare Capabiland Hearings:


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--Anniston Army Depot--Ft. Detrick--Ft. Ord--Johnst.on Atol (Z f iles)--Newport Army Arms Plant.--Pine Bluff, Ark--Rocky Mt. Arsenal--Tooele Army Depot--Bigeye Chem bomb- -Weteye--Glenn Hearing, 2/1989- -SfPRf : CBW Testimony, 1958 -L96920 - Chemical Weapons ConventiGlossaries


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hl4tional Security Archiwe fnwentory- rcoming FOIAs CoJ-lect.ion continued)Arms Trade -L077 4-Thatcher-BiograpArms Trade-11-131-Arms Trade-]-L234Arms Trade-11-485Arms Trade-L6258Arms Trade-tI675Arms Trade- ]-2040 -Thatcher

p"ftrTrtcoon,nq {oirt'U&,.rlJ.'^/') Arms Trade-13gBGArms Trade- I3949-Thatcher-A11iedfndustriesArms Trade- 1_4 L5B -ThatcherArms Trade -L4498 -Thatcher-ADlArms Trade -I4499-Thatcher-ADIArms Trade -1_617 B-Thatcher-Roya1 M


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N4lional- Security Archiwe Inwentory'ncoming FOIAs Collectj-on continued)cBW-2026L-china's chemicar and BioProgramCBW-20261"-China's Chemical and BioProgramCBW-2L7J-9-Soviet Biological WarfarCBW-22703-Chemical and BiologicalCBW-22845- Iraqi Chemical FacilitiesCBW-22958-China's Chemical and BioProgramCBW-23070-Taiwan' s Chemical and BProgramChernobylChernobyl -Senate HearingsDrug Policy


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National Security Archives - George Washington University (SeReid Kirby)Taiwan has had a high priority CW effort since 1970's. Their "KTaiwan and Pescadores relied heavily on CW.Reasoning for acquiring a CBW program:

Response (Iran)Added Capability ({raq, Syria, X, Libya, X)Deterrence (Iraq, X)Force Multiplier (Iraq, X)Punishment (Iraq)Economy of Force (Vietnam, Etheopia)


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First Radiological Support Group (RSSU) responsible for radiologanJ pa*icipui"A i" ptumUoU (OCt tgSZ; and Hardtack (Feb - Augunit in the latter.Muscle Shoals US Army Chemical Corps Phospate Developmentoperations in July 1957 since the nation's "Dichloro" stockpile nepioduce 45 tons/day, but by modif,ing process to reduce phosphocould have a mobilization rate of 30,000 tons a year-RMA two-step production facility closed in 16 August 1957 withproducing 9,000 tons GB Per Year.PBA had a requirement to produce 20,000 BW clusters per month


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BW was under Joint Research & Development Board (JRDB) of tEstablishment under the Secretary of Defense.Agent N in "Hourglass" E61 munition was found to spread up toduring the St. Jo. Program.m 1954 the Soviet union was believed to be RW capable by JulyNSA CBW Box 12JCS 19241100 "Food Economy of Sino-Soviet Block" (11

In preparation for October 1958 reappraisal of BWindicate the goals of food destruction made. Intendfatalities ou"r u year with 95Yo deqease in manualin clerical labor.


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waranted, then in beginning 1954 the stocks couweapons.

JCS 1837/62 "SACEUR's Interim Requirements for Tox(4 October 1954)UK requested munitions in theatre for allied retalwould necessitate sharing information with NATOobjected to as being against the Tripartite Treaty.

US intelligence on Sino-Soviet CBW capabilities largely guess winformation. Focus appeared to be on systems rather than intentiwas commonly done in assessments in Second World War.

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