DRAFT MEMORANDUM TO HOLDERS OF SNIE 11/50/37-82: USE OF TOXINS AND OTHER LETHAL CHEMICALS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AFGHANISTAN

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CIA-RDP87R00111R000200110010-3
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December 21, 2016
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June 10, 2008
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10
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February 17, 1983
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MEMO
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NIC 1297-83 17 February 1983 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director of Central Intelligence VIA . Chairman, National Intelligence Council1\5 FROM : Hans Heymann, Jr. National Intelligence Officer at Large SUBJECT : Draft Memorandum to Holders of SNIE 11/50/37-82: "Use of Toxins and Other Lethal Chemicals in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan" 1. The attached draft Memorandum to Holders is for your approval. It updates the evidence on CW/Toxin use available to the intelligence community through January 1983. An unclassified version of rho findinnc was ralpacpd to the State Department last Octobe 2. While the attached draft does not break any important new ground, it goes considerably beyond the earlier estimate and the open publications in providing, for the first time, comprehensive tabulations of reported attacks in 1982 and of sample collection histories and analytic results. 3. The draft is being sent concurrently to the SRP and the NFIB Representatives for their review. Attachment: Draft MTH of SNIE 11/50-37-82 Approved For Release 2008/06/10 : CIA-RDP87RO0111 R000200110010-3 SECRET SUBJECT: Draft Memorandum to Holders of SNIE 11/50/37-82: "Use of Toxins and Other Lethal Chemicals in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan" APPROVED'. /I ~1 DATE:' Approved For Release 2008/06/10 : CIA-RDP87RO0111 R000200110010-3 ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) SNIE 11/50/37-82: "Use of Toxins and Other Lethal Chemicals in Southeast Asia and Af hanistan" FROM: EXTENSION NO. Hans Heymann, Jr. NIC 1297-83 National Intelligence Officer at Large DATE 17 February 1983 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building) DATE OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom RECEIVED FORWARDED INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) 1. C/NIC I- S3 2. VC/NIC 3. 4. 18 F B 1983 Executive Registry DDCI 1 8 FE 1983 f AQ 6. ~ DCI 7. e Nz0 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. L 15. O FORM 61 O USEE 1-79