MPOD 3821 CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: MPOD 3821 CHRONOLOGY                                            

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Folder Title: CHRONOLOGY                                                                                      

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          27. 5 Oct 90 - Series of Information Papers written by J4/MRD
          (input from Army Med R&D Command) regarding vaccination plan for
          both AX and BT vaccines (how teams were constituted, proposed
          distribution and transportation plan).

          28. 5 Oct 90 - ASD(HA) memorandum for SECARMY, "Expansion of
          Industrial Base for Biological Vaccine Production." Chartered
          Tri-Service Task Force (headed by Dr. Peter Collis, DASD(MR)) to
          investigate industrial base and develop short and long-term
          objectives. Industrial base and short-term objectives to be
          completed by 12 October; long-term objectives by 19 October.







          29. 9 Oct 90 - VCS Army briefed by CRDEC on "Biological Threats
          in the Middle East; US Troop Vulnerabilities and Recommended
          Countermeasures." Recommendations included a push to move out on
                     incorporate medical countermeasures, and lock in
          surveillance doctrine. Bottom line: briefer was "slammed-dunked"
          due to the exorbitant costs ($37M) associated with proposal.
          Briefing was supposed to be informational and not a decision
          brief. VCSA told briefers to go back and do more work. Col Lewis
          (Army Med R&D Command) furnished copy of briefing with charts to
          Joint Staff for information.

          28. 6 - 10 Oct 90 - DJS asked for Information Paper on
          prioritization issue (i.e., who should receive inoculation of
          limited DOD stocks). Question posed to the CAT (SOA 714) and
          worked by J3. While a spinoff from a previous J4/J5 issue,
          prioritization was worked by J3/JOD. Paper was written with J3
          perspective with copy provided to J4/J5. Final disposition - not
          submitted formally to the DJS. Information on prioritization
          scheme was used to develop further assumptions regarding who
ceive inoculations.

          29. 12 Oct 90 - Additional cost and schedule information
          (resulting from 9 Oct meeting) presented to Army DCSOPS by Army
          DAMO-SWC.

          30. 15 Oct 90 -                         visited SECDEF; BW threat
          discussed.

          31. 17 Oct 90 - Phoncon with CINC Surgeon (COL Belihar) asking
          for length of time it would take to vaccinate AOR given certain
          planning assumptions. Requested ASAP. COL Belihar called DDMR




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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Unit = OTSG
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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