Letter to The Surgeon General
Item Details
Title
Letter to The Surgeon General
Topics
A group of academic scientists, federal scientists, and federal officials met to "... discuss the possibilities of bacteriological warfare, defense against it, and irresponsible sabotage of this nature."
Date
1940
Conclusions
Sabotage is the most likely scenario for use of such agents and is deemed relatively low probability. The organizations present were reasonably confident in the ability to identify and combat such a threat/event should it occur.
Files
Source
Dyer, R.E. Letter to The Surgeon General, December 16, 1940.
Found in: National Academies of Science Archive: Committees on Biological Warfare Series 1, Box 1.
Found in: National Academies of Science Archive: Committees on Biological Warfare Series 1, Box 1.
Citation
“Letter to The Surgeon General,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/331.