XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS INTSUM

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Subject = XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS INTSUM                                     

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit = 3D ACR      

Folder Title = FAX FILE-INFORMATION PAPERS- MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND PAPERS                                     

Document Number =         11

Box ID = BX001802


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  4. (U) CHEMICAL ACTIVITY: NSTR
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              GRIST THREAT AS OF 14,AUG 90: NO CHANGE.
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  A             THE IRAQI"S POSSESS FOUR CONR- iRt4ED CHEMICAL AGENTS,,
  INCLUDING THREE TYPES OF NERVE (TABUNE SARINE GF) AND SULFUR
  MUSTARD BLISTER AGENT IN BOTH LIQUID FORM AND IMPREGNATED ON
  DUST. THREE ADDITIONAL AGENTS INCLUDING NERVE AGENTS AND A
  HALLUCINOGEN ARE KNOWN TO BE IN DEVELOPMENT. DESPITE THEIR
  VARIETY IRAQI AGENTS ARE NOT PURER AND THEIR INSTABILITY.LIMITS
  THEM TO A SHELF LIFE OF 3-5 WEEKS.                               5 U.S.C. 552
  B. tgf*po"                         MMONTHLY IRAQI AGENT          (b)(1)
  PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES ARE IN THE ORDER OF 150 TONS OF SULFUR-.
  kli@,TARn. S-IA TnN@ nF TAATIN, ANn ?a TnNg OF SARIN
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  IRAQIQS MAY HAVE BEGUN THE PRODUCTION OF THE NERVE AGENT VX
  C@Uoll-il-Ntq) THE IRAQIGS HAVE ADAPTED A NUMBER o r- CONVENTIONAL 5 U.S.C. 552
  MEANS OF DELIVERY OF CHEMICAL AGENTS.  THE.Y ARE 250 KG WP SOMBSE (b)(3)
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