INNOCULATIONS/CIVIL DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100370008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 26, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REP- 1T
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COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Innoculations/Civil Defense
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AT FL CT 1 N G TAE TI ON AL EFENSE
O F T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S , WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IS, CTIONS 713 11 D 714, OF TH F. CODE, AS MENDED. I T 5 TR ANSM I53ION OB RENE?
CATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO RECEIPT Y N UNAUTHORIZED PER90N IS
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1, Antityphus and paratyphus serum injections were given to all civilians
from the age of six or seven to 50. These injections were
given mace a year in a series of three injections over a three month
period. antimalaria innoculations were also given to
civiliansq, but no details, -While in military service
antityphus and paratyphus injections, and some kind of innoculation
consisting of the application of a hot (electrical) rod on the arm and
the scratching of the spot with a lancet; this still
applies to those serving in the armed forces,
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ere have been no recent epidemics in Rumania*
did hear of isolated cases of typhus, but no further information,
know of any organized civil defense units; nor
of any organizations established to counteract chemicals io ogica,.s
radiological,, or atomic attacks.[ J hear of, nor observes
any passive air raid defense measures, ie construction of civilian
bomb shelters or air raid warning systems.
there was no propaganda concerning US capability or
intentions of waging biological or chemical. warfare. Me official,
propaganda emphasized the US desire to use the atomic bomb in a new
war, and Soviet possession of such a weapon.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr2013/04/25 : CIA-RDP82-00047R000100370008-1