MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

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Subject: MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL             

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003203

Folder Title: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST 3106                                                         

Document Number:          1

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                    Freedom of Information Act Request Analysis


        1. REQUEST: Articles, reports, summaries discussing use of
        botulinum vaccine by US military personnel stationed in Persian
        Gulf during ODS.

            RESPONSE: Two pamphlets: "(S) Medical Defense Against
        Biological Material"; and "(U) Medical Countermeasures Against
        Biological Material/Biological Material Detection and Physical
        Countermeasures". Can be submitted based on approval by
        Department of Army, Department of State and National Security
        Council.

        2. REQUEST: Records containing information on quantity of
        vaccine used, number of US military personnel to whom vaccine
        administered, number of inoculations with vaccine.

            RESPONSE: None available. Only approximate numbers which
        appeared in JS memoranda written to assist in decision making
        process and in preparing for TANK briefings.

        3. REQUEST: Records containing information on administration of
        vaccine to non-US military personnel.

            RESPONSE: Non available.

        4. REQUEST: Records used to provide information or describing
        information which was provided to recipients of vaccine concerning
        efficacy/adverse effects, including disclosures to recipients
        concerning investigational status of vaccine.

            RESPONSE: None available, other than paper "Information on
        Botulinum Vaccine,, which was submitted with FOIA request.

        5. REQUEST: Records containing information on adverse effects
        experienced by recipients of vaccine.

            RESPONSE: None available, other than informal statements made
        regarding program progress. Information was used to assist in
        decision making process and in preparing for TANK briefings.

        6. REQUEST: Records containing information on efforts to obtain
        informed consent from military personnel for use of vaccine, and
ilitary personnel who refused to consent to use of
        vaccine.

            RESPONSE: None available, other than US Court of Appeals for
        the District of Columbia Circuit Appeal (91-5019), 16 July 1991,
        available to public. Case dismissed.

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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX003203
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST 3106
Folder Seq # = 28
Subject = MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATER
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 17-DEC-1996