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IIR 6 849 0916 91/NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL
Filename:68490916.91r
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 14829
GENDATE:         950504
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TEXT:            
ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX652 MCN = 91128/10981 TOR = 911280702
PTTSZYUW RUEKJCS5663 1280703-    --RUEALGX.
ZNY 
RUHGRPG T COMUSNAVCENT
HEADER P 080703Z MAY 91
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
TO AIG 8781
INFO RUEALGX/SAFE
P 080654Z MAY 91
FM [   (b)(2)   ]
TO DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
BT
CONTROLS 
SERIAL: (U) IIR 6 849 0916 91.
BODY PASS: (U) [  (b)(2)  ]
COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
SUBJECT: IIR 6 849 0916 91/NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL
(NBC) ANTIDOTE PROCUREMENT - DESERT STORM (U)
WARNING: (U) [  (b)(2)  ]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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DOI: (U) 910400.
REQS: (U) G-OSG-43448.
SOURCE: (U) [   (b)(2)   ]
SUMMARY:  NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF QUANTITIES OF 
NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL (NBC) ANTIDOTE MEDICATIONS WERE 
OBSERVED DURING 1990.
TEXT: 1. NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) 
ANTIDOTES CONTINUED FOLLOWING THE INVASION OF KUWAIT. BEFORE THE 
INVASION, NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVED ATROPINE, 2-PAM, AND 
PYRIDOSTIGMINE; MOST OF THE PROCUREMENT WAS INTENDED FOR MILITARY 
USE. AFTER THE INVASION, NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT INCLUDED
ATROPINE, COMBOPENS, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PYRIDOSTGMINE AND 
TOXIGONIN DOSES.
2.  DURING THE WAR, THE CIVILIAN SECTOR ALSO TRIED TO PROCURE 
EXTRA SUPPLIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF NBC CASUALTIES. ITEMS 
REQUESTED INCLUDED 200,000 1-2 MG AMPULES OF ATROPINE AND TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF AMPULES OF BAL AND CYSTIMINE, AND COMBOPEN 
AUTOINJECTORS.
3.[      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ]
4. CONNECTED WITH THESE NEGOTIATIONS WERE ATTEMPTED PURCHASES OF 
HYDROGEN CYANIDE TREATMENT MEDICATIONS. THOUSANDS OF AMPULES OF 
SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM THIOSULFATE, AND AMYL NITRITE WERE 
REPORTED.
((SOURCE COMMENT)-THESE ATTEMPTS WERE FOR SMALL QUANTITIES OF 
SUPPLIES, FOR BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY AGENCIES. POSSIBLE USES 
INCLUDE TREATMENT FOR CASUALTIES IN R AND D FACILITIES OR FOR 
PERSONNEL IN SMALL CW HANDLING UNITS.)
COMMENTS: (U) NONE.
//IPSP: (U) PT 1600; PGW2650//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) [    b.2.    ]
ADMIN PROJ: (U).
COLL: (U) [   (b)(2)   ]
INSTR: (U) [  (b)(2)  ]
PREP: (U) [[   (b)(2)   ]