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E.O. 11652. Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
OSD letter, April 12, 1974
Date
7-25-35
By NLT- HK
NARS
of the Army and Navy, many civilian scientists, university and private research
institutions, and several Departments of the Government all worked together to
the common end. This was a matter of great urgency, and many of the problems
were unique and most complex. The objective was attained; adequate defenses
against a potentially dangerous method of warfare were devised, the possibility
of surprise from this quarter was forestalled. Apart from the military objectives
attained, however, much information of great and lasting value for human welfare
was obtained. Unique facilities were established for research and experimentation
on pathogenic agents on a scale never before possible. These facilities will be
of inestimable value to future military and civilian biological investi gations.
In general terms, those were some of the more important accomplishments of the
programs
1. Development of methods and facilities for the mass production of
microorganisms and their products.
2. Development of methods for the rapid and accurate detection of
minute quantities of disease-producing agents.
3. Significant contributions to knowledge of the control of airborne
disease-producing agents.
4. Production and isolation, for the first time, of a crystalline
bacterial toxin, which has opened the way for the preparation of a more highly
purified immunizing toxoid.
5. Development and production of an effective toxoid in sufficient
quantities to protect large scale operations should this be necessary.
6. Significant contributions to knowledge concerning the development
of immunity in human beings and animals against certain infectious diseases.
7. Important advances in the treatment of certain infectious diseases
of human beings and animals, and in the development of effective protective
clothing and equipment.
8. Development of laboratory animal propagation and maintenance
facilities to supply the tremendous number of approved strains of experimental
animals required for investigations.
TRUMAN
"NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
DEPARTMENT
SCURET
RECORDS
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