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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06157981
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2017
• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: August 4, 1982

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505
4 AUG 1982
National Intelligence Officers
MEMORANDUM FOR: DCI CBW/Toxin-Use Working Group
FROM Chairman
THROUGH Head, Steering Group
SUBJECT Recent Developments
1. Hans Heymann and I held a meeting on 20 July 1982
with those in the Community most directly concerned with the
handling and analysis of medical and environmental samples
once they are received in the U. S. It was decided that the
sub-group previously named "Test Evaluation and Reporting"
which was to have been chaired by Dr. Sharon Watson will be
renamed "Test Evaluation and-Procedures" and will be chaired
by Lt. Col. Fargo. Dr. Watson has kindly agreed to continue
to serve as our primary, technical expert on issues related
to toxicology and other medical concerns. She will, of course,
also be a member of Jim Fargo's sub-group.
2. The sub-group on Collection, Requirements, and Sample
Coordination has been renamed "Sample Management, Auditing,
and Coordination". This group will be chaired by
Lt. Col. H. R. Van Zandt of FSTC vice Lt. Col. Fargo. He
has been assigned responsibility for coordinating and managing
the sample flow, including establishing an audit trail through
all stages (storage, assignment to labs, testing, preliminary
lab results and final assessment). The procedures he will
develop for cross-indexing of samples and linking each sample
with collateral information on its natural history will make
it easier for us to intersect specific samples when we need
to add information to, or retrieve from them. No change is
contemplated in current procedures for transporting samples,
assigning them to labs, or reporting results.
3. Gary Crocker's sub-group is re-named "Assessments and
Policy Support". It will act, among other things, as a core
drafting group to prepare intelligence judgments we are asked
to render for our policy customers. Other appropriate members
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SUBJECT: Recent Developments
of the Working Group will, however, be given an opportunity to
-review these-analysas.--Gary4s-drafting group will include:
Sharon Watson
Carolyn Stettner
4. Names and addresses of four new members of our Working
Group are shown in attachment A, and a�simple diagram of the
Working Group structure in attachment B.
5. You should be aware that we-briefed Admiral Howe
(State/PM) and his "Interdepartmental Group on CBW Arms
Control" on 27 July 1982 on the status and functions of our
new DCI Working Group. We have every indication that an
effective working relationship between Intelligence and
Policy has now been established in the CBW-Use area.
Attachments:
Tab A - Working Group Members
Tab B - Working Group Structure
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