CW ACCIDENT DURING MILITARY EXERCISES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600020055-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: April 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT C;W Accident During Military Exercises
DATE DISTRA Apr 52
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occurred during tactical exercises in Stavropol.
2. An exercise was organized by the HQ 4 Kuban Cossack Cavalry Div for the units
of the Stavropol Garrison. The purpose of this exercise was apparently
fighting inside the town. During the advance of the attacking troops a
smoke-screen was used in the Market Square area. By mistake a poison gas
was used which spread in the Market Square and adjacent streets. Fortunately
a strong wind neutralized the effect of the gas but approximately 200 persons
were poisoned. It took quite a long time before the panic was over, the
victims taken to the hospital and order'restored.
c me spent over a week in the hospital. The s e' of U "1 -ens
of the
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were vomiting and giddiness. A number of people aiinted.
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4. The 0"e was investigated by ftc Military and MB authorities. The Chief CW Officer of
the 4th Cavalry Div, Col Lakoyev, was on leave at the time and the officer responsible
for CW was Capt Razumov, who w,s given a suspended sentence of five years imprisonment.
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