Chemical and Biological Warfare
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE USE OF POISON GAS, June 5, 1942
US,
Memorandum, Secretary of Defense Laird to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger
on Biological Weapons, April 30, 1969. Confidential,
US,
Memorandum, Morton H. Halperin To National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger,
Subject: Memorandum to Secretary Laird on CBW Study, May 7, 1969. Confidential
US,
Memorandum, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to Secretary of Defense
Laird, Subject: CBW Study, May 9, 1969. Confidential
US,
National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM) 59, U.S. Policy on Chemical and Biological
Warfare and Agents, from National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger to the
Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Director of Central Intelligence,
the Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and the Director,
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. 5/28/69.
US,
Memorandum, Presidential Science Advisor Lee A. DuBridge to National Security
Advisor Henry Kissinger on Chemical and Biological Weapons, October 22, 1969.
US,
Report to the National Security Council, "US Policy on Chemical and Biological
Warfare and Agents," submitted by the Interdepartmental Political-Military
Group in response to NSSM 59, November 10, 1969
US,
Memorandum, Ronald I. Spiers to Secretary of State William Rogers, Subject:
US Policy on Chemical and Biological Warfare, November 17, 1969
US,
National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 35, United States Policy on Chemical
Warfare Program and Bacteriological/Biological Research Program, from National
Security Advisory Henry A. Kissinger to the Vice President, the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of Defense, etc., November 25, 1969
US,
Draft NSDM re United States Policy on Chemical Warfare Program and Bacteriological/Biological
Research Program [ca. November 1969]
US,
The President's Talking Points – Congressional Leadership Meeting [Tuesday,
November 25, 1969] re the results of the review of US chemical and biological
warfare programs and policies.
US,
National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger Talking Points – Briefings for
Congressional Leadership and Press [re administration decisions on biological
and chemical warfare], ca. November 25, 1969
US,
Memorandum to Secretary of State, et al. from Secretary of Defense Laird re
Chemical Warfare and Biological Research—Terminology, December 9, 1969
US,
Memorandum to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger from Michael A. Guhin,
Subject: The Toxins Issue, December 18, 1969
US,
Memorandum, PSAC Member Lee DuBridge to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger,
re next steps in U.S. chemical and biological weapons policy, December 22, 1969.
US,
National Security Study Memorandum No. 85, Subject: U.S. Policy on Toxins, December
31, 1969
US,
Memorandum, Michael A. Guhin to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Subject:
Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Laird re Chemical Warfare and Biological
Research Terminology and Our Request for White House Review of Statements for
Senate and House Hearings, January 2, 1970.
US,
Basic Chronology of Chemical Warfare and Biological Research Issues (ca. January
1970).
US,
Memorandum, Michael A. Guhin to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Subject:
Dr. DuBridge's Comments on Reactions to the President's Chemical Warfare and
Biological Research Announcement, January 5, 1970.
US,
Memorandum for the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
from Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard, Subject: Program Options on
Toxins, February 12, 1970, with cover Memorandum, Alexander Haig to National
Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Subject: Defense Position on Toxins, February
12, 1970.
US,
National Security Decision Memorandum No. 44, Subject: United States Policy
on Toxins, February 20, 1970.
US,
Memorandum for the President from National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger,
Subject: Issues for Decision re Submission of the Geneva Protocol to the Senate
for Its Advice and Consent to Ratification, July 3, 1970
US,
Memorandum for the President from Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Subject:
National Security Decision Memoranda 35 and 44, July 6, 1970
US,
Memorandum, Michael A. Guhin to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger,
Subject: Further Explanation of Proposed Review re Necessity of Classified Biological
Research Program, July 17, 1970.
US,
Memorandum for the President from John Irwin (NSC Under Secretaries Committee),
Subject: Annual Review of US Chemical Warfare and Biological Research Program,
February 4, 1971 Attached Report
US,
Congress, Senate, Hearings before the Select Committee to Study Governmental
Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities of the United States Senate
[Church Committee], Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, Volume I: Unauthorized
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U.S.
Army Activity in the U.S. Biological Warfare Programs (Volumes I and II), U.S.
Department of the Army, February 24, 1977, reprinted in Biological Testing Involving
Human Subjects by the Department of Defense, 1977, Hearings before the Subcommittee
on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, March
8 and May 23, 1977, United States Senate, 95th Congress, First Session
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