CONVULSANT NERVE AGENT CANA 23 DEC 90

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Subject: CONVULSANT NERVE AGENT  CANA  23 DEC 90                         

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Document Number:        263

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Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     





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       SUBJ: CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE NERVE AGENT (CANA)
       REF/A/HQS, XVllr APNCORPS 04110C)Z DEC 90 SUBJ: AVAILABILITY OF CANA
       (CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE NERVE AGENT) TO DEPLOYED FORCES
       REF/B/HQS, ARCENT 07083OZ NOV 90 SUBJ: USCINCCENT POLICY ON U. S.
       FORCE USE OF DIAZEPAM.
          @u)lr4ITIAL DIAZEPAM/CANA (CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE NERVE AGENT)
       SUPPLIES 70 ARCENT THIS MONTH WILL BE 82K. FOLLOW ON ORDERS OF 143K
       ARE ANTICIPATED TO START ARRIVING IN THEATER IN MID-JANUARY. CLOSURE
       OF SHIPMENTS WILL BE EARLY FEBRUARY.
       2.  @ O)THESE SHIPMENTS WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE FOR THE DOCTRINAL
       1.67 CANA/SOLDIER.
                  IN THE :NTERIM, A PRIORITIZATION OF ALLOCATION BASED ON
       CURRENT AND PROJECTED SUPPLIES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY ARCENT-AS
       FOLLOWS:




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            A.    IST SHIPMENT:
                  V17 CORPS -         26,000   EA
                  XVIII ABN    CORPS- 27,800   EA
                  ARCENT (EAC)       ---7,700  EA
                  SOCCENT (ARMY)           500 EA
                  TOTAL               82,000   EA
           B.     FOLLOW ON SHIPMENTS:
                  vl'. CORPS -       109,000   EA
                   XVIII CORPS       116,-@00  EA
                   ARCENT (EAC)      115,700   EA
                   SOCC@-NT (ARMY)   - @@.OC)O EA
                   TOTAL             343,000   EA
                PRICRITY OF ISSUE WILL BE 5     EA TO MEDICS AND COMBAT
       LIFESAVERS AND THEN TO INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS. THIS RATIONALE IS BASED
       ON THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CANA TO GO AROUND AND THAT

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