MPOD 3821 CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: MPOD 3821 CHRONOLOGY                                            

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Folder Title: CHRONOLOGY                                                                                      

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          appoint CSA as JCS Executive Agent and to charter Joint Service
          Committee on Biological Defense.

          127. 15 Jul 91 - AdHoc Joint Committee on Biological Defense
          (under auspices of DADCSOPS, MG Del Rosso) met with
          representatives from Services, Joint Staff and OSD to designate BW
          defense a priority requirement, gather intelligence requirements,
          and develop lead Services for working group. Set up future
          meeting schedule.

          128. 31 Jul 91 - DJS Memorandum to Army Operations Deputy
          indicating that only one Executive Agent is required in order to
          avoid dual chains of responsibility . . . unnecessary to appoint
          both a DOD and JCS EA as SECARMY already serving as DOD EA.

          129. 16 Aug 91 - Freedom of Information Act request received by
          Joint Staff on behalf of the Public Citizen Litigation Group for
          information concerning the use of vaccine for botulinum on US
          military personnel stationed in the Persian Gulf during ODS.
          Joint Staff response indicated that release of certain information
          would highlight vulnerabilities and capabilities which could
          interfere with ability to respond rapidly in the future to
          identified chronic shortages in the industrial base.

          130. 26 Aug 91 - DEPSECDEF memorandum directs SECARMY to be
          Executive Agent to design an integrated DOD response to BW threats
          which includes production and stockpiling of vaccines/antitoxin;
          development and fielding appropriate detection systems, protective
          and decontamination systems and coordination/issuance of joint BW
          defensive doctrine by 30 Sep 91.

          131. 29 Aug 91 - Biological Defense Committee Meeting conducted
          by MG Del Rosso (AODCSOPS). Attended by Service representatives,
 included brief review
          of Terms of Reference; updated foreign BW agent threat assessment
          (by                ; decontamination efforts to include review of
          requirements, current and future efforts, funding profiles,
          problem areas and timelines; existing biological defense physical
          protection programs; detection system working group efforts;
          vaccination policy and vaccine production efforts . . . Army's
          production capacity is at maximum . . . experiencing problems
          obtaining FDA approval due to full scale vaccine production
          efforts. MG Del Rosso indicated work groups must continue efforts
          to refine issues and establish procedures to enhance communication
          across work groups and push vaccination policy issue . . . near
          and far-term policy based on production capability. Scheduled
          next meeting for 19 Sep.

          132. 19 Sep 91 - Second meeting of the Biological Defense
          Committee Meeting conducted by MG Del Rosso (AODCSOPS). Attended




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Folder Title = CHRONOLOGY
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Subject = MPOD 3821 CHRONOLOGY
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 08-NOV-1996