GRAVES REGISTRATION 9 OCT 90

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Subject: GRAVES REGISTRATION  9 OCT 90                                   

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003204

Folder Title: GRAVES REGISTRATION  OPERATION DESERT SHIELD                                                    

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      FOR ACCOMPLISHING POSSIBLE DECONTAMINATION OF CHEMICALLY

      CONTAMINATED REMAINS IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD. THESE CONCERNS

      HAD BEEN BRIEFED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARMY STAFF ON 3 OCT 90.

      THE DAS DIRECTED, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BRIEFING, THAT

      DCSOPS TAKE THE LEAD ON THE DECISION OF HANDLING CONTAMINATED


      REMAINS ON THE DESERT SHIELD BATTLEFIELD. THE ISSUE IS TO BE


      ANALYZED SOONEST, AND APPROPRIATELY STAFFED TO PRODUCE A

      DECISION PAPER TO THE CSA THROUGH THE DAS.


      2.       CURRENT INFORMATION AND RESEARCH DATA INDICATE THERE

      ARE UNKNOWN RISKS TO PERSONNEL RECOVERING, IDENTIFYING AND

      PREPARING BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL OR NUCLEAR CONTAMINATED REMAINS

      IN A DESERT ENVIRONMENT.


      3.       YOUR ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

      CRUCIAL ISSUES:


          A.       DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN "UNBOUND" AGENT IS


      PRESENT IN BLOOD PLASMA OF TISSUE.


          B.       THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DECONTAMINATION ON NON-LIVING


      TISSUE.

          C.       THE PERSISTENCE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS ON CLOTHING,

      EQUIPMENT AND PERSONAL EFFECTS.











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