MPOD 3821 CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: MPOD 3821 CHRONOLOGY                                            

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Folder Title: CHRONOLOGY                                                                                      

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          by Service representatives, Joint Staff and OSD staff members.
          Synopsis included review of biological defense plan outline;
          reviewed TANK briefing format; updated              assessment with
          commitment by                                  ents at least
          quarterly; updated vaccine production capabilities    . . . current
          analysis indicates that under current Production, vaccinating a
                 .IT&                                   achieved until FY 94
          and that at no time under current production will sufficient
          stocks exist to allow a                   to be vaccinated against
          Bot T . . . perhaps by FY 02; reviewed methodology on how to
          determine vaccination requirements; decontamination procedures;
          work of the biological detector group effort. MG Del Rosso
          indicated that work groups are responsible for writing their
          portions of the plan with this due to Army by 18 Oct. The
          Committee's objective is to provide OSD with a Bio Defense Plan to
          address operational issues . . . subsequent policy decisions
          addressing vaccination of the force will come from OSD. Set next
          meeting for 26 Sep 91.

          133. 26 Sep 91 - Third meeting of the Biological Defense
          Committee Meeting conducted by MG Del Rosso (AODCSOPS). Attended
          by Service representatives, Joint Staff and OSD staff members.

          134. 3 Oct 91 - Fourth meeting of the Biological Defense
          Committee Meeting conducted by MG Del Rosso (AODCSOPS). Attended
          by Service representatives, Joint Staff and OSD staff members.
          Synopsis included review of threat assessment and slides for TANK
          briefing . . .  stressed importance of showing why we are
          concentrating on only AX and Bot T and not the entire threat list;
rk group work . . . Navy has
          established new core programs, Air Force has not; physical
          protection work group progressing but with acknowledgment that
          previous work has been directed on the chemical threat with no
          development and testing to address the biological threat; vaccine
          production on line; status update on detection technologies is
          tentatively scheduled to be briefed to OSD (Mr. Singley) on 17
          Oct. MG Del Rosso closed meeting with the fact that the work
          group task list will drive preparation of the Plan. Scheduled
          next meeting for 18 Oct.

          135. 9 Oct 91 - TANK #9 session (information) provided by Army.
          Briefing attempted to outline four basic BW defensive
          imperatives: vaccination, detection, protection, and
          decontamination. An overview of the various wroking groups



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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