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Report of the Special Committee on Information Concerning Civil Defense Against Biological Warfare
This document emphasizes the risks of BW and requests that civilian defense programs be strengthened in order to better prepare for a BW attack. The Committee argues that current information regarding BW is very general, and provides an extensive…
Report of the W.B.C. Committee
Henry L. Stimson requested that the National Academy of Sciences establish a committee [formed as the War Bureau of Consultants (WBC) Committee] to assess all aspects of the potential for threat of biological weapons. The committee evaluated the…
Report on Criteria Necessary to Establish the Effectiveness of Anti-Personnel BW Agents
This report is a reply to the Chemical Corps, which asked for recommendations on what evidence is needed to prove a BW agent can be disseminated in concentrations effectively against personnel. The War Council rejected a request for the use of human…
Report on International Aspects of Biological Warfare
Prepared by CBW to discuss the relationship between BW and arms control and to discuss the role of BW in actual warfare
Report on National Policy on Biological Warfare
Presents the recommendations of the Research and Development Board's Committee on Biological Warfare for a national policy on the manner. This recommendation was based on the findings of the 1947 Report on the Appraisal of the Technical Aspects of…
Report on Special BW Operations
The Committee's goal was to evaluate if biological agents could be used in sabotage, and if the U.S. was vulnerable to such attacks.
Report on Status of Information Pertaining to Rinderpest
This is a report to the Committee on Biological Warfare of the conclusions of the FAO Nairobi Conference on Rinderpest, particularly considering its eradication through vaccines.
Report on the Appraisal of the Technical Aspects of Biological Warfare
The Committee on Biological Warfare developed a report based on reporting from special panels/consultants. Appraised BW capabilities and existing development in terms of military utility.
Report to the Secretary of War
Reports progress by the Special Projects Division of the Chemical Warfare Service (WBO) on developing primarily defensive practices against BW.
Requirements for Defense Against Biological Warfare
The BW-CW Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee seeks to review the problems of the US preparedness against biological weapons attacks to our armed forces or civilian population and to outline the requirements for sufficient defensive…
Research and Development in BW and CW in Relation to the Defense of the Continental United States
The Committee of BW highlights some of the most pressing BW agents that could be used against the United States, either covertly or in sabotage. The Committee also emphasizes some of the areas that the U.S. needs to improve its research and…
Research in CBR
The document details the position of the United States on the use of CBR weapons at the time, noting the growing concern of CBR use by foreign adversaries such as the Soviet Union and other Communist nations. It emphasizes areas of weakness upon…
Risk and Benefit Analysis of Gain of Function Research: Final Report
Conducted risk analyses or accidents, natural disasters, biosecurity, and a benefit assessment. Focuses on influenza viruses and coronaviruses.
Second Meeting of the Biological and Chemical Defense Planning Board
This is a meeting of the Biological and Chemical Defense Planning Board where they discussed the facilities of the US Army Chemical Corps and the future of its programs
Secretary Forrestal Issues Statement on Biological Warfare Potentialities
Secretary of Defense James Forrestal gave this public statement on BW to assuage sensationalization after the Merck report.
Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents: An Assessment Framework and Preliminary Comparisons
This report assesses the threat posed by small-scale terrorist attacks using biological, chemical, and toxin agents rather than traditional risk assessments which focus on mass casualty attacks.