INAUGURAL MEETING OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AD HOC

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Subject: INAUGURAL MEETING OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AD HOC                  

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                                    "I)IILI UNCLASSIFIED

                       AFTER ACTION REPORT: INAUGURAL MEETING


                      OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AD HOC WORKING GROUP

                              1100-1600, 20 August 1990


          1. (U) AGENDA (encl 1)

          2. (U) SIGN-IN-ROSTER (enol 2)

          3. (U) PURPOSE:    To assess biological warfare threat a( '
                            U.S. Forces in support of Operation Del
                            Shield and to evaluate AMEDDs ability i
                            respond with emphasis on Detection and
                            Surveillance; Diagnosis; Therapy; and,
                            Prevention, including Personal Protect:
                            Measures, Chemoprophylaxis, and Vaccinz

          4. (U) GOALS:

              a. (U) Identify and define critical biological warl
          issues related to Desert Shield.

              b. (U) Develop consensus for use and procurement of
          vaccines.

              C. (U) Establish a permanent "Task Force for Bioloc
          Warfare Issues" consisting of a panel of experts in the a
          of medicine, research, logistics, intelligence, and othez
          disciplines.

              d. (U) Initiate action to develop a 11 Medical Defens
          Against Biological Warfare Plan" for Desert Shield.

          S. REFERENCES:

              a. (U) Biological Warfare Doctrine - U.S. Army has
          adopted NATO document on chemical and biological warfare
          will become FM B-9. Draft copies were distributed at the
          meeting.

              b. (U) "Plan for Immunization of the Army Force Aga
          Endemic Diseases and Biological Warfare Agents with
          Investigational New Drugs, Vaccines, Toxoids, and Globuli
          document prepared by COL Ernest Takafuji and MAJ Robert E
          not yet staffed. Draft copies will be distributed at the
          meeting.

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