RII RESPONSE MESSAGE

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Subject = RII RESPONSE MESSAGE                                            

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title = INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUMS                                                                        

Document Number =         35

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    A/Q/REQUEST ALL A    LABLE INFORMATION ON CHLORCENIBOL? EFFECTS ON
    PROTECTIVE SUIT? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO AFFECT BODY AND WHAT DOES
    IT DO TO BODY?
    A/ANSWER/
 (Ulfre"l-qr-r IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE IRAQIS POSSESS A CHEMICAL AGENT
    TALLED "CHLORCENIBOL" WHICH IS A QUICK ACTING NON-PERSISTENT CHEMICAL
    AGENT. IT IS USED IN FRONT OF OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS TO HARASS,
    INCAPACITATE, AND DEGRADE THE CAPABILITY OF ENEMY GROUND FORCES. WHEN
    DISSEMINATED, THE AGENT CLOUD IS GRAY-WHITE AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDE:
    TEARING, ITCHING OF THE SKIN, WATERY EYES, AND CHOKING.
 Lftt&hWh4. IEla ACLF-NT - IS-ASSESSED-TO-BE SOME-TYPF- OF RIOT-CONTRDL-AGFNT
    'SUCH AS CS OR CN. THE USE, IDENTIFICATION AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY ARE
    STMILAR TO RIOT CONTROL AGENTS. CHLORCENIBO'@ IS PROBABLY AN IRAQI
      'E GIVEN TO THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF RIOT CONTROL AGENT. LIQUID RIOT
       'ROL AGENTS PRESENT A VAPOR HAZARD ONLY AND WOULD NOT PENETRATE
        PROTECTIVE SUIT OR MASK. HOWEVER, RIOT CONTROL AGENTS THAT ARE IN
    9 ID FORM MAY PENETRATE THE PROTECTIVE SUIT AND CAUSE ITCHING. RIOT
    CONTROL AGENTS DO NOT PENETRATE THE US PROTECTIVE MASK; THEIR EFFECTS
    ARE IMMEDIATE; AND THEIN DURATION IN THE AIR IS SHORT, USUALLY ONLY A
    FEW MINUUTES (THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME THE AGENT WILL STAY IN THE
    AREA DEPENDS UPON METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND TERRAIN).
    (U) TREATMENT PROCEDURES FOR CS/RIOT CONTROL AGENTS ARE LISTED IN FM
    B-285 (PART 21 PARA B-1 THROUGH 8-8), NAVMED P-5041, AFM 160-11.
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON TREATMENT, CONTACT MR, DEL FREEMAN, ARMED
    FORCES MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER, AV 343-7603.//
    RMKS/POC ILT GILKESON IPS AV 236-7445/COMM 396-7445//

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