ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION OF LPA CHEMICAL UNITS; PAST USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
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• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: December 30, 1985

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TO: DIRNSA, DEPT OF STATE, DIA, TREASURY DEPT,
WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF,
ZEN/CIA OFFICE OF CURRENT OPERATIONS,
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COUNTRY: LAOS/USSR/VIETNAM
SUBJ: ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION OF LPA CHEMICAL UNITS;
PAST USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
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CHEMICAL UNITS WERE ORGANIZED IN CHEMICAL
COMPANIES AND WERE ASSIGNED TO EACH LPA DIVISION MOST OF THE
CHEMICAL UNITS WERE INDEPENDENT COMPANIES. THE CHEMICAL COMPANY
-151771-7F15DIVISION WAS LOCATED AT BAN NONGTHA (POSS TE 4792)
SAITHANI DISTRICT, VIENTIANE PROVINCE. THE CHEMICAL COMPANY
OF THE 2ND DIVISION WAS LOCATED IN NANE DISTRICT, LUANG PRABANG
PROVINCE. THE 3RD DIVISION'S CHEMICAL COMPANY WAS LOCATED IN
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SING DISTRICT, LUANG NAMTHA PROVINCE. THE CHEMICAL COMPANY OF
THE 4TH DIVISION WAS NOT YET COMPLETELY ORGANIZED. A SPECIAL LPA
DIVISION ORGANIZED IN FEBRUARY 1985, DESIGNATED DIVISION 8, HAD
A CHEMICAL COMPANY LOCATED AT CHENG SAVENG (NCA), NASAITHONG
DISTRICT, VIENTIANE PROVINCE. EACH CHEMICAL COMPANY HAD ONE1
SOVIET ADVISOR PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED SIX TO SEVEN MEN IN Willi
CHEMICAL COMPANY HAD RECEIVED Eit-ENSIVE TRAINING ON CHEMICAL
WEAPONS IN ODESSA, SOVIET UNION, OR HANOI AND TffANH HOA, SOCIALIST
-TRiPUBLIC OF VIETNAM TWO TRAINING COURSES, DATES UNKNOWN, HAD
BEEN CONDUCTED. EACH COURSE LASTED ONE AND A HALF YEARS.
4. CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE FIRST USED IN THE LPDR IN 1979
DURING THE "PHOU BIA" OPERATION. DURING THIS OPERATION, CHEMICAL
ATTACKS WERE CONDUCTED USING MIG 21 AND MI 8 AIRCRAFT. BEGINNING IN
1982, CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE OPERATED FROM THE GROUND USING A "B-41"
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