END NOTES

[1] The PGIIT is the predecessor organization for the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, Investigations and Analysis Directorate.

[2]The Army colonel who was the commander of Camp Monterey at the time of this incident provided the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI) with a video tape which was made to send to family and friends of troops stationed at Camp Monterey in order to convey the environment in which the troops lived-- one of safe preparedness. This video, made after this incident had occurred, does not mention the chemical agent detections or indicate the building in which the chemical agents were found. The still images captured from this video show the Camp Monterey environment. Additional photos of Camp Monterey were provided to OSAGWI by another veteran stationed at Camp Monterey.

[3] Camp Monterey is located in the vicinity of geographical coordinates 29( 40' 38" N, 47( 48' 51'' E. USCINCCENT SITREP, November 12-18, 1991. (Note: This document is currently unavailable pending declassification procedures.)

[4] Pathfinder Record Number 837, Subject: Preface to the Final Chapter Closeout AAR. (Note: This document is currently unavailable pending declassification procedures.)

[5] Accounts of the detection are provided in interviews with the commander of the 3/77 Armor, 8 Infantry Division, V Corps and with an operator of the Fox reconnaissance vehicles. The interviews are documented in Lead Sheets 1137 dated November 7, 1996 and 1214 dated January 3, 1997, respectively. Lead Sheet 1214 lists the soldiers present at the incident who were members of the units listed in Tab B.

[6] A description of the Fox and the detection capabilities of its mass spectrometry chemical detection system is found in Fox Reconnaissance Vehicles, Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, April 1997. In particular, this document describes the procedures for initial inspections and full spectrum analyses. (Note: This document is currently unavailable pending review and revision.)

[7] Treatment of Chemical Agent Casualties and Conventional Military Chemical Injuries, US Army Field Manual FM8-285, February 28, 1990. Chapter 2. Skin and eye toxicities are defined for Sarin Jane's NBC Protection Equipment, page 15, as "0.28 mg/kg by mouth and 0.05 mg/kg by eye."

[8] Treatment of Chemical Agent Casualties and Conventional Military Chemical Injuries, US Army Field Manual FM8-285, February 28, 1990. Chapter 7.

[9] Lead Sheet 1137.

[10] The IAD is in the process on contacting the soldiers involved in this incident to follow-up on this diagnosis.

[11] Letter to the Persian Gulf Investigation Team, September 11, 1996.

[12] The meaning of these detection concentrations is outlined in the Fox Reconnaissance Vehicles, Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, May 1997. (Note: This document is currently unavailable pending review and revision.)

[13] The interview with the contractor employee is documented in the Lead Sheet 1125 dated October 28, 1996. See also Lead Sheet 960 dated September 17, 1996 regarding contact with the contractor employee's lawyer to arrange interview with the contractor employee.

[14] Lead Sheet 941.

[15] CS was in fact on the monitor list, as seen in the copy of the tapes included in Letter to the Persian Gulf Investigation Team, September 11, 1996. The quote is taken from the Memorandum from the Office of the Project Manager for NBC Defense Systems, Subject: Evaluation of MM1 Tapes, October 23, 1996.

[16] Report from Bruker Analytical Systems, Inc., Subject: Analysis of MM-1 Data for Sarin False Alarm and CS Identification, October 2, 1996, p 1.

[17] Report from Bruker Analytical Systems, Inc., Subject: Analysis of MM-1 Data for Sarin False Alarm and CS Identification, October 2, 1996, pp 2-3.

[18] Report from Bruker Analytical Systems, Inc., Subject: Analysis of MM-1 Data for Sarin False Alarm and CS Identification, October 2, 1996, p 2.

[19] Report from Bruker Analytical Systems, Inc., Subject: Analysis of MM-1 Data for Sarin False Alarm and CS Identification, October 2, 1996, p 5.

[20] NIST is an authority in mass spectrometry. One ongoing NIST effort is to develop a mass spectral database "containing every compound in commerce" which will define standard "fingerprints" to identify compounds using a mass spectrometer. NIST Homepage, Chemical Science and Technology, NIST/EPA/HIH Mass Spectral Database.

[21] Letter from NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, October 7, 1996.

[22] Lead Sheet 1214.

[23] Lead Sheet 1125.

[24] Lead Sheet 1137.

[25] Letter from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, November 5, 1996. See also Memorandum to Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) from Director Persian Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Investigation Team, Subject: Response ... Concerning Possible Release of Sarin at Camp Monterey, Kuwait on 16 September 1991, dated October 16, 1996.


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