CIA ACTIVITIES AT FORT DETRICK, FREDERICK, MARYLAND

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00146162
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: May 20, 1975

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IEMOkANDUM FOR: Director .of Central Intelligence
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CIA. Activities at Fort Detrick, Frederick,
Maryland
1. In early 1952, CIA effected an agreement with the Army
Chemical Corp for the performance of certain research and develop-
ment work by the Army Chemical Corp at the /aborqtory facilities
of Special Operations Division, Army Biological Laboratories,
Frederick, Maryland. .
2. The purpose of the CIA (TSD) project at Camp Detrick
-was to maintain a research and development competence 1n the
-biological an.d engineering sciences in a special security environ-
ment to assist in meeting the need for-a minimal support .capabilitr
in defensive and offensive BW/CW. The program was divided into
four functional categories as follows:'
a. Mintenance of a stockpile of inctipacitating-and
� lethal agqnts in readiness for operational ase;
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b. Maintenance, assessment and evaluation of a
designated balance of biological and chemical disseminating .
systems for operational readiness;.
c. Adaptation and testing of a non-discernible m2Icro-
bioinoculator (device for the clandestine inoculation with
BW/CW agents) to determine compatability with various
materials and to assure that the microbioinodulator cannot
be identi,fied structurally or easily detected upon a
*detailed autopsy; and
d. Provide technical support and consultation on
request to meet ad hoc requirements related to offensive
and defensive BW/CW.
3. This program, which continued until,-early l7O, yas
budgeted, on the average, for approximately per year.
Currently available figures indicate the following-expenditures
for this activity:
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CIA Activities at Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland
t'Estimated FY figures.
4. On 25 'November 1969, President Nixon ordered the Depart-
ment of Defense to recommend plans for the disposal of existing.. �
stocks of bacteriological weapons. On 14 February 1970, he
included all toxin weapons. It is our understanding that all
these materials were destroyed in compliance with President
Nixon's directives, We cannot, however, locate records that
establish this fact.
� Donald F. Chamberlain
� Inspector General