POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS

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Subject = POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS             

Parent Organization = USAGWD      

Unit = DECLASS REF 

Folder Title = REF-POSSIBLE PRESENSE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS                                         

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX007001
















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                    ANALYSIS, AND POSITIVE :DEi'IFICAT:Otl WI@L AEOUIRE LABORATORY
                    ANALYSIS FOR Z4 HOURS.
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                    CO REPORTED THAT FROM 14-Zt FE2. DEAD CAKELS WZRE FOUVO ON KSR
                    YUGO 413iEG.NNif4G 270ON043@'4F, AND ENDING .019NO4551C, VICINITY OF
                    OHAVAT AL ULYA E@733r4O474@'E) AND Z',-30@ DSAI) GOATS AND CAMEI.3 WgRt
                    rOUt4D ON MSR CAVILI.AC (OEO,'NNING 2"9N4'P-7E AND ENDING
                    '6@ON04O.'3C) VICINITY THAJ. A NUMBER OF ORCE:4 PLASRIC GRAIN FGED
                    ;ACIS CZ- X 3'. APPROXIMATELY IOOLDS EACH WI" BLUE LE'TERlt4OJ XERC
                    NOTED AI.ON(I BOTH MSR-5. THE OROUPS OF DEAD ANIMALS WERE EACH
                    CLUSTF.IKCB AROUND OWE OF THESE DAGSI INDIllDUAL DEAD ANIMALS kCFkE
                    ALSO POUND. THESE BAGS ARE SIMILAR TO BAGS OF BARLEY OFF-LOADED
                    AT THE PORT OF DARMAN. LOCAL VILLAGERS SEE14ED TO PAY 4IT7LE
                    NOTICE TO THE DEAD ANIMALS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO REPORTS OF
                    HUMAN ITIFECTION.   VERERNAAY AND 010-MEDICAL SAMPLING REANS HAVE
                    BEEN DISPATCHED TO THE AREA TO COLLECT SAMPLE$ AND TO CARRY OUT
                    ANALYSIS. ALTHOUGH 'HERE IS NO EVIDENCE, THIS I&ICIDEK-T MAY DE
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                    RELATED 10 THE SUSPECTED PRESENCE OF ANTHRAX NOTED
                    ONE.
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Document 4 f:/Week-60/BX007001/REF-POSSIBLE PRESENSE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS/possible presence of biological and chemical agents:04189716375218
Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-60
Box ID = BX007001
Unit = DECLASS REF
Parent Organization = USAGWD
Folder Title = REF-POSSIBLE PRESENSE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS
Folder Seq # = 7
Subject = POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS
Doc Seq # = 1
Doc Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification =
SAGWI Request = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 18-APR-1997