COMMANDERS GUIDANCE FOR DISPOSITION OF CAPTURED CHEMICAL

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Subject: COMMANDERS GUIDANCE FOR DISPOSITION OF CAPTURED CHEMICAL        

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000438

Folder Title: TOC LOGS MSG FILE LOGS 8-10 MAR 91                                                              

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           REF A INDICATED ARCENT GUIDANCE ON DISPOSITION OF CAPTURED
    CHEM/BIO MUNITIONS IS THE SAME AS CINCCENT GUIDANCE. REF@B
    PROMULGATED CINCCENT GUIDANCE ON DESTRUCTION OF CHEM/BIO MUNITIONS.
    THE BASIC POLICY STATED CAPTURED IRAQI CHEM/BIO MUNITIONS, LESS
    THOSE SMALL SAMPLES REQUIRED FOR INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION, WILL BE
    DESTROYED OR OTHERWISE RENDERED USELESS. THIS APPLIES TO B07H SUL@
    AGENT AND WEAPONIZED MATERIALS. RE@ C ECHOED XVIII ABN CORPS CDR
    GUIDANCE WHICH PROHIBITED THE DESTRUCTION OF KNOWN SUSPECTED
    CHEM/910 MUNITIONS PENDING FURTHER GUIDANCE FORM ARCENT.
       (U) THIS MESSAGE INCORPORATES CINCCENT'S GUIDANCE ON THE
    DESTRUCTION OF @'HEM/BIO MUNITIONS. IT CHANGES XVIII ABN CORPS'
    GUIDANCE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN REF C.
      A. @ PRIORITY FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) EF      - FORT
    WILL BE THE DISPOSAL OF CAPTURED OR UNEXPLODED MUNITIONS,
    INCLUDING DUDS POSING AN IMMEDIATE THREA@ TO COALITION FORCES OR
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    C"VIL'AM POPULATED AREAS. SECOND PRIORITY IS THE IDENTIFICATION @ND
    DESTRUCTION OF @@HEM/BIO MUNITIONS AND BULK AGENTS CAPTURED INSIDE
    IRAO! TERRITORY !AW ESTABLISHED EOD FIELD DISPOSAL POLICIES AND
    F'RZ@@EDURES.

      B. @ CAPTURED INDIREC@ FIRE MUNI71ONS (MORTAR, ARTILLERY OR
    ROCKET WARHEADS) IN CALIBE@S GREATER THAN 120MM, ALL AIR DELIVERABLE
    SYS-EMS (BOMBS, DROP/SPRAY TANKS) AND JNIDENTIFIABLE CONTAINERS
    FOUND NEAR OR IN CON'UC'ION WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE ITEMS WILL NOT BE
    MOVED OR DESTROYC@L PRIO@ TO AN =-VALUATION BY AN EOD TEAM.
      -. @ PRIC:; TO THE DESTRUCTION OF ANY CONFIRMED CHEM/BIO
    ro'2N'-7CN OR 3UL@ AGENT, EOD TEAMS WILL COORDINATE WITH THE 517Ti- Ml
    BDE. ;FOREIGN MATERIAL INTELLIGENCE BAT-ALICN. TO DETERMINE IF
    E-AMP--@0- 3F THE DCAPTURED ITEM ARE NEEDED =OR 'INTELLIGENCE
    ASSESSMEN7.

    LI
7D GUIDANCE.
    A. -@ CHEM/BIO MUNITIONS CAPTURED WITHIN !RAO WILL BE

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    1,@-@-:zCvED IN

           .S. :j'4:TS ::A.-@;,RING SYS,-EM.S CAPAE-' OF DELIVERING
    l@@:IZAL MUNITIONS AND POSSESSING El-HER PREPARED OR STORED
    rLN77-.DNS WILL SE@URE AND REPORT @HE LOCATION. AN ECD 7EArl w:LL
    RE-ER'IINE WHETHER CHEM/910 MUNITIONS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. IF Tr-E




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Subject = COMMANDERS GUIDANCE FOR DISPOSITION OF CAPTURED
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