DETECTION OF CHEMICAL AGENT DUSTY MUSTARD

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Subject: DETECTION OF CHEMICAL AGENT DUSTY MUSTARD                       

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000427

Folder Title: DAILY STAFF JOURNALS ARCENT   1-2 NOV 90                                                        

Document Number:          8

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           THIS 'S ESPECIALLY 7ROUBLESOME AS DUSTY MUSTARD'@S AN
           AGENT, CAPABLE OF NOT ONLY SEVERE EYE AND LUNG DAMANP 6
           3.       1r HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE OBSOLETE MleA2 DETECTION KIT
           WILL CETEC@ DA. HOWEVER, IF THIS IS TRUE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED
           THE GPERATIONAL OR TECHNICAL DETAIL ESSENTIAL TO INFORMING AND TRAIN-
           TNO O'@'R SOLDIERS. 4E WERE ALSO SETTING ON USING THE CHEMICAL AGENT
           MONITOR (CAM) WH             PART OF A DUSTY AGENT DETECTION
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           4. @L,) TqE CHEMICAL THREAT TO OUR SCLDIERS HA NEVER BEEN MORE
           REAL. PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE DEFENSE AGAINST THESE WEAPONS REQUIRES
           INFORMATION FROM MANY SOURCES WHICH TO DATE HAVE BEEN RELATIVT-LY
           UNRESPONSIVE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GATHERING AND VERIFYING
           INFORMATICN CAN BE TIME CONSUMING. HOWEVER, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES
           THERE SHOULD BE NO GREATER PRIORITY THAN SUPPORING THE FORCE
           DEPLCYED 'N SAUDI ARABIA. INTERIM RESPONSES TO OUR QUESTICNS ARE
           BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL. APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE.
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File Room = jul96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000427
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNALS ARCENT 1-2 NOV 90
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Subject = DETECTION OF CHEMICAL AGENT DUSTY MUSTARD
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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