Chemical Corps
Document:
"Summary of Major Events and Problems"
(Fiscal Year 1957)
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Formerly "Secret" Report from the military's center for bio, chemical, and radiological warfare |
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>>> Issued October 1957 by the US Army Chemical Corps Historical Office, Army Chemical Center, Maryland. Originally classified "Secret"; downgraded to unclassified on 08 January 1990. Completely unredacted. Obtained and kindly given to The Memory Hole by Susan L. Maret, PhD. |
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Pages 84-87 discuss the Chemical Corps Intelligence Agency (CCIA). Page 88: A chart notes that as of 30 June 1956, the Chemical Corps had received R&D funds totalling $10,000 from the National Security Agency. This is noteworthy because the NSA's strict secrecy regarding its budget makes any crumb of fiscal information noteworthy. Page 92: "For example, in the Development Schedule for Lethal-Type Biological Antipersonnel Systems the objective (target area) by FY 1959 is 1 to 5 square miles;... by 1966, 1,000 to 100,000 square miles." Page 94: "In February 1957 the Research and Development Command selected VX as the agent upon which to concentrate." Pages 97-98: "In 1951 the Corps awarded a contract to the New York State Psychiatric Institute to investigate the clinical effects of mescaline and its derivatives. The contractor tested six derivatives, the Chemical Warfare laboratires tested thirty-five." Page 98: "The program is expected to be a long-term project, ad the ultimate goal is to determine whether lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD] can be used as an effective chemical warfare agent." Page 103 discusses the phasing out of research into anticrop warfare (it was to become the Air Force's responsibility). Page 104 discusses BW research on "volunteer" troops. |
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