United States of America

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A B C D E F G H CBW Events

HSP/SHIB coding:

A — CBW TECHNOLOGY & APPLICABLE SCIENCE
- A1: Toxic Agents
  - A1.8 — Incapacitants
    - A1.8.1 — Directions in incap R&D
      - A1.8.1.1 — USA: incap R&D
- A2: Infective Agents
  - A2.1 — BW aspects
    - A2.1.1 — Directions in BW-agent R&D
      - A2.1.1.1 — USA: BW-agent R&D
- A4: Emergent CBW Technology
  - A4.1 — Directions being taken in CBW R&D
    - A4.1.1 — USA
  - A4.2 — Offensive technology
    - A4.2.5 — Binary munitions
      - A4.2.5.1 — USA: Binary R&D
  - A4.3 — Protective technology
    - A4.3.4 — Medical
      - A4.3.4.1 — USA: CW medical defence R&D
      - A4.3.4.2 — USA: BW medical defence R&D
- A5: CBW Equipments
  - A5.2 — Offensive equipments
    - A5.2.2 — Chemical weapons
      - A5.2.2.1 — USA: standardised binary munitions
        
        A5.2.2.1.1 — M687 155mm GB2
        A5.2.2.1.2 — BLU-80/B Bigeye VX2
  - A5.3 — Protective equipments
    - A5.3.1 — Physical protection
      - A5.3.1.1 — Respirators
        
        A5.3.1.1.1 — USA: Respirators
B — MILITARY OR OTHER OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF CBW
- B3: Utility of CBW weapons
  - B3.3 — CW tactical doctrine
    - B3.3.1 — Manuals: USA
  - B3.6 — Logistics
    - B3.6.1 — Logistics: USA
- B4: CBW Intelligence
  - B4.1 — Acquisition
    - B4.1.1 — Open literature surveillance: USA
  - B4.2 — Utilisation
    - B4.2.1 — Yom Kippur war and CW preparedness: USA
  - B4.3 — Deception
    - B4.3.1 — Top Hat
    - B4.3.2 — Fedora
    - B4.3.3 — Cassidy
C — COUNTRIES AND ALLIANCES
- C3 — Countries
  - C3(United States of America)
D — CONFLICTS
- D2: World War I
  - D2.1 — Official histories
    - D2.1.2 — US
- D4: World War II
  - D4.1 — Consideration of use during WW2
- D5: 1945-60
  - D5.2 — Korean War, 1950-53
- D6: Since 1960
  - D6.1 — Vietnam War, 1961-75
    - D6.1.1 — Background
    - D6.1.2 — NLF/DRV sources
    - D6.1.3 — Reports of lethal CW
    - D6.1.4 — Reports of BW
    - D6.1.5 — Retrospective
      - D6.1.5.1 — Operation Tailwind
    - D6.1.6 — Reports of NLF/NVA CW
    - D6.1.7 — Reviews and commentaries
      - D6.1.7.1 — Paris Scientific Conference, Dec 1970
      - D6.1.7.2 — AAAS Chicago Herbicide Panel, Dec 1970
  - D6.35 — War over Kuwait, 1990-91
  - D6.52 — Iraq, 2003 [see also GD.8.1]
E — ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
- E1 — Existing anti-CBW regime
  - E1.4 — Alleged violations
    - E1.4.2 — BWC noncompliance
      - E1.4.2.1 — Allegations of US non-compliance
- E2 — Future anti-CBW regime
  - E2.1 — Objectives
    - E2.1.4 — CBW proliferation constraints
      - E2.1.4.4 — US-Soviet Bern bilaterals
  - E2.2 — National positions and initiatives
    - E2.2(United States of America)
      - E2.2(USA)1 — CD site visit, 1983
      - E2.2(USA)2 — Intragovernmental
        
        E2.2(USA)2.1 — Intragovermental studies
        
        E2.2(USA)2.1.1 — MRI contract studies
        E2.2(USA)2.1.2 — Other contract studies
        
        E2.2(USA)2.2 — Legislature
      - E2.2(USA)3 — Counterproliferation [eliminated in favour of C3(USA)E3]
  - E2.3 — Intergovernmental talks and contacts
    - E2.3.2 — Bilateral USA-USSR talks
      - E2.3.2.1 — The 1989 Wyoming MoU and its implementation
      - E2.3.2.2 — The Washington Agreement (1990)
F — SPECIAL TOPICS
- F2 — Psychological, societal and cultural factors
  - F2.2 — CBW and non-governmental organisations/QANGOs
    - F2.2.2 — National NGOs
      - F2.2.2(USA)
- F3 — Human exposure to CBW agents
  - F3.3 — Chronic sequelae
- F13 — CW aspects of Kuwait crisis
- F15 — Disabling chemicals
  - F15.2 — National policy on disabling chemicals
    - F15.2.1 — USA
      - F15.2.1.1 — Policy prior to Executive Order 11850 (of 8 Apr 75)
      - F15.2.1.2 — Genesis of EO 11850
      - F15.2.1.3 — Policy since EO 11850
      - F15.2.1.4 — Weapons acquisition
      - F15.2.1.5 — Legal Reviews
  - F15.3 — Use of disabling chemicals
    - F15.3.1 — Domestic use
    - F15.3.2 — Non-domestic use
      - F15.3.2.1 — Vietnam War
  - F15.4 — Development of disabling chemicals
    - F15.4.1 — Agencies
      - F15.4.1.1 — US Dept of Justice
      - F15.4.1.2 — US Dept of Defense
  - F15.6 — US state papers
    - F15.6.1 — JCS 1837 series
    - F15.6.2 — Army Department
    - F15.6.3 — Cable traffic (Vietnam War)
- F16 — Criminalization of CBW
  - F16.3 — National aspects
    - F16.3(USA) — USA
      - F16.3(USA)1 — Statutes [including prior legislative process]
        
        F16.3(USA)1.7 — CBW treaty statutes
      - F16.3(USA)2 — Case law
G — RELATED TOPICS
- GB — Military topics
- GC — Country topics
- GD — Conflict topics
- GE — Arms control topics
H — DOCUMENTARY SOURCES
- H3 — Material from archives
- H4 — US Congressional oversight of Defense spending
- H5 — Other governmental papers [incl FoIA papers]

CBW Events coding:

USA everything — i.e., all references marked up as relating to the United States of America.
USA accidents/incidents
USA biological research and development issues
USA defence policy/posture relating to CBW
USA foreign policy/posture relating to CBW issues

USA and the Biological Weapons Convention
- USA and the Biological Weapons Convention negotiations
  - USA and verification aspects of the BWC negotiations
  - USA and verification negotiations after BWC Entry into force
USA and the Chemical Weapons Convention
- USA and the Chemical Weapons Convention negotiations
  - USA and verification aspects of the CWC negotiations

USA judicial activities
USA science and technology policy issues
USA unusual outbreaks of disease

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