PHS INFORMATION NEEDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00549R000100050014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 15, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Health Service
Washington 25, D. C.
25X1
Chief, Liaison Division, OCD
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 "E" Street, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear
25X1
Attachment to
IAC-D-20/3.2
5 March 1956
February 15, 1956
25X1 Pursuant to my letter of March 15, 1955, and visits by
of your Agency, I
should like to further clarify the Public Health Service needs
for information in certain fields. This information is needed
in order for us to better carry out our delegated civil defense
responsibilities against the possible use of Special Weapons,
overtly or covertly, in the following fields, by the USSR and its
satellites:
1. Atomic warfare
(Radioactivity aspects)
2. Biological warfare
3. Chemical warfare
4. Radiological warfare
5. Psychological warfare
In each of these fields,
could you furnish us with
the following information:
a. Capabilities and inten-
tions
b. Method of delivery
c. Type of attack
d. Prophylaxis and treat-
ment of medical effects
of Special Weapons
In addition to the above, we would also appreciate any infor-
mation concerning:
SE ET
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Attachment to
IAC-D-20/3. 2
5 March 1956
The mortality and morbidity incidence of the
contagious and infectious diseases of the USSR
and its satellites; and
The medical aspects of civil defense of friendly
and unfriendly countries in the following areas--
a.
b.
C.
d.
e.
f.
Organization
Funding
Supply (stockpiling)
Special measures for self
or mass protection
Training
Manpower
The classified material to be furnished us will be made
available to the following properly cleared people on a need-to-know
basis:
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele
Dr. W. Palmer Dearing
Dr. John B. Hozier
Dr. Roy E. Butler
Col. Walter A. Guild
Dr. Hoyt Lemons
Mr. Dean Snyder
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Mr.
Gordon Larson
Richard S. Green
James A. Anderegg
Aaron W. Christensen
James A. Shannon
Vane M. Hoge
James G. Terrill
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Roy E. Butler
Medical Director
Assistant Chief
Health Emergency Planning
Office of the Surgeon General
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