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---                 CZECH REPUBLIC/GULF WAR - CHEMICAL TROOPS 
1. OFFICE HAS RECEIVED OFFICIAL REPORT FROM CZECH MINISTRY OF 
DEFENCE, DEPARTHENT OF PRESS INFORNATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WHICH 
REFERS TO THE TASKS OF THEIR CHEMICAL DEFENCE TROOPS DURING THE 
GULF WAR. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE REPORT REFERS TO THE DETECTION OF 
A NERVE GAS ON THE  17TH OF JAN 1992. 
THE REPOXT .STATES FROM 0400 HOURS ON 17 JAN 91, VERY LOW LEVELS 
OF A NERVE GAS  (REF A INDICATED SARIN ) WERE DETECTED IN THE AREA 
OF THE 4TH AND 20TH BRIGADES OF THB SAUDI ARABIAN ARMY AND ALSO IN 
KING KHALID MILITARY CITY (?). THE CZECH INDICATE THAT THE GAS 
DETECTED WAS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF ALLIED AIR ATTACKS ON 
UNSPECIFIED lRAQI CHEMICAL DEPOTS. FURTHER TESS TWO HOURS AFTER THE 
INITIAL DETECTION WERE NEGATIVE. 
3. REPORT CONTINUES WITH STATENENTS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND 
EXPERIENCE OF THOSE TROOPS AND FURTHER REMARKS THAT A COMPLETE 
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF 18 TROOPS WHO WER~ DEPLOYED TO GULF AND, 
EXPERIENCED REACTIONS SIMILAR TO SOME US SOLDIERS, REVEALED NO 
 
P~GE TWO WODR9324 UNCLA58~FIED 
SIGNS OF ANY PROBLEMS RELATED TO A NERVE GAS OR ANOTHER CHEMICAL 
AGENT. CZECH POSITION IS THAT PROBLEMS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE 
PROBABLY RELATED TO QUOTE COMMON UNQUOTE COMPLAINTS CAUSED BY A 
LONG STAY ABROAD. 
4.     CONMENT: THE ISSUE OF AN OFFICIAL REPORT BY THE MOD IS 
SOMEWHAT OF A SURPRISE AND IS PROBABLY IS IN RESPONSE TO A US 
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE WHICH VISITED PRAGUE TO REVIEW CZECH 
PERSONEL AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE MATTER. VARIOUS CONMITTEE 
MEMBERS WERE QUOTED IN CZECH PAPERS INDICATING THEY WERE NOT SURE 
HoW MUCH EMPHASIS COULD BE PLACED ON A CZECH ANALYSIS. THIS 
CERTAINLY IRKED THE CZECH MILITARY WHICH RELEASED MOST OFFICIAL 
RECORDS TO THE US MILITARY AND HAVE NOTIFIED OTHER COUNTRIES BY 
MEANS OF THIS REPORT OF THEIR ANALYSIS AND VIEWS ON THE MATTER. 
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