Forwarding of Human Radiation Experiments (Hre) Materials and Review of Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) Hre Records Search Efforts

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Defense Nuclear Agency MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Forwarding of Human Radiation Experiments (HRE) Materials and Review of Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) HRE Records Search Efforts A summary status of DNA action items resulting from a 20 May 1994 meeting between members of the DoD Human Radiation Research Steering Committee and the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE) staff, and a 3 June 1994 meeting held among representatives of the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), and the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE) staff is enclosed as Attachment 1 . DNA continues to search and review Washington Area Record Center archive records in response to action items. DNA has completed a first pass review of command histories. Additional documents, including excerpts from command histories, in response to these action items are enclosed as Attachment 2. Action item numbers in the summary table refer to the action items listed in Attachment 1. Documents identified during our archival records search which do not correspond to specific action items, but which are considered to be of potential interest to the ACHRE, are identified as "general" documents. Major General, USAF (Attachments forwarded to RECC)

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1. Provide printout of approximately 4OOO items obtained from initial DNADASLAC search. DNA HUMAN RADIATION RESEARCH REVIEW MASTER LIST OF ACTION ITEMS Completed. DASIAC printout submitted to ATSD(AE) on 27 Jun 94. DNA Technical Library (TITL) printout submitted to ATSD(AE) on 08 Jul 94 submission. List of 17 classified titles on TITL urintout forwarded to the RECC on 12 Julv 1994.. 2. Provide copies of contract log books, going back to 1958. Conf ii Advisory Committee understanding that logs identify all contracts, including those where work may be classified. 3. Provide (or have RECC provide) reports from the 11 experiments identified by DNA in Feb 94. 4. Provide AFRRI Board of Governors minutes from Completed. Contract log books for contracts awarded from 15 Aug 58 to 03 May 71 by A F S W and DASA submitted to ATSD(AE) on 27 Jun 94. Included contracts where work may have been classified. Reports from 7 of the 11 experiments submitted to ATSD(AE) on 27 Jun 94. Reports from 2 of the 3 remaining experiments submitted to ATSD(AE) on 08 Jul94. AFRRI has been tasked to provide reports from the bone marrow transplantation studies conducted by NNMC, NM, and AFRRI. ACHRE already has reports from Cicinnati experiment. Additional reports, if uncovered during ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival searches, will be. forwarded. Completed. Board of Governors meeting minutes from Mar 61 to Jan 77 submitted to ATSD(AE) on 27 Jun 94. Remaining minutes covering the period Nov 77 to Jan 92 submitted on 01 Jul94.

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DNA HUMAN RADIATION RESEARCH REVIEW MASTER LIST OF ACTION ITEMS 5. Provide portions of periodic and program histories related to biomedical research and programs, the Medical Division (or directorate, etc.) and/or radiological warfax research and programs. 6. Search for and provide documentation on all intenDocuments addressing this action item are included with this 5 August 1994 submission. Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival records searches. Review of command histories is nearly complete. Documents addressing this action item are included with this 29 July 1994 submission. Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival records searches. 7. Advisory Committee staff will meet with DNA to discuss best way to identify and search records at National Archives, FRCs, and still at DNA. Cancel. Per discussions between Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments staff and Dr.Soper and the DoD HRE Steering Committee on 17 Jun 94, all taskings will be forwarded through 8. Provide "QRR documents DNA has available. 12 July 1994 for declassification through USANCA. Previous Army QRRs available from USANCA. Additional requirements documents uncovered by DNA during ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival records searches will be forwarded.

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DNA HUMAN RADIATION RESEARCH REVIEW MASTER LIST OF ACTION ITEMS 9. Provide DNA organization charts, as far back as 10. Focus on determining which human radiation experiments were initially ClassZied and which, if any, 11. Provide division level budget writeups (which were prepared for Congress). 12. Locate any CTM procedure manual(s) applicable to the pre-1974 period. DASA and DNA organization charts for the period February 1968 through August 1974 submitted to ATSD(AE) on 14 July 1994. Documents addressing this action item are included with this 5 August 1994 submission. Additional organization charts will be forwarded as they are identified during ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival records searches. Completed. To the best of our knowledge, aIl experiments were. 01 Jul94 submittal to ATSD(AE) stated that DNA does not maintain division level budget documents dating back to 1947-74 period. Documents addressing this action item are included with this 5 August 1994 submission. If uncovered during ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival records searches, documents will be Completed. No DNA Contract Technical Manager handbooks or manuals existed prior to 1974. DASA Instructions 4105.4B and 4105.2B provided guidance in the pEparation of purchase requests RDTBrE contracts. Copies of these instructions submitted to

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DNA HUMAN RADIATION RESEARCH REWEW MASTER LIST OF ACTION ITEMS 13. Determine whether or not Cincinnati investigators @r. Saenger, et. al.) have ever held security clearances and, if s ( . the period during which the clearances were held. 14. Idenufy what, if any, advisory groups have historically served DNA, including brief descriptions of uumose and membership. 15. Look for records on coordination of R&D funds, and R&D programmatic documentation. 16. Search, by DTIC and/or other means, for DNAsponsored proceedings related to biomedical research, radiological warfare, radiation effects, etc. held in the Completed. Per phoncon between DDFRA and RECC of 24 Jun 94: RECC has completed this action item for Dr. Saenger. All work performed under DASA contracts with the University of Cincinnati was unclassified, therefore no security clearances were required for any of the investigators. DNA has no knowledge of security clearances for any of the researchers, other than Dr. Saenger. Documentation, if uncovered during ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival records searches, will be forwarded. Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival RDT&E descriptive summaries forwarded to ATSD(AE) with 01 Jul 94 submission. Documents addressing this action item are included with this 5 August 1994 submission. Additional documentation, if uncovered during ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival records searches, will be forwarded. Completed. 01 Jul94 submission to ATSD(AE) forwarded DTIC search results performed by DASIAC. DNA Technical Library search results forwarded to ATSD(AE) on 08 Jul94.

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DNA HUMAN RADIATION RESEARCH REVIEW MASTER LIST OF ACTION lTEMS 17. Provide policies on document destruction for the Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival FOLLOWING ACTION lTEMS IDENTIFIED 18. Provide documentation of actual or potential use by DoD of data or results of the Cinch ah expen19. Provide documentation showing the work performed by the Fort Knox Medical Laboratory in relation to the experiments. 20. Provide documents (or other information) that might indicate (a) why certain aircraft manufacturers were included on the distribution list for the Cincinnati experiments, and (b) whether the distribution list contained in the progress reports was supplemented by any further distribution list (e&, a classifed dismbuCompleted. 01 Jul 94 submission to ATSD(AE) forwarded copies of 5 reports summarizing radiation experiments on humans which cite University of Cincinnati General Hospital findings. These are the only reports of which DNA is aware. Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival

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DNA HUMAN RADIATION RESEARCH REVIEW MASTER LIST OF ACTION lTEMS 21. Provide documentation (or other information) showing whether the work performed at Baylor, SloanKettering, Fort b o x , and Cincinnati was subject to the Feb 1953 Wilson guidance (including any further implementing guidance or rules), and, if so, showing the review of this work pursuant to the guidance. 22. Provide documentation relating to applications by Dr. Saenger for research or other support in the period to 1958, as indicated, for example, in the 1950 grant materials found in OSD files a; the National Archives. 23. Provide copies of records of any interviews conbehalf of its search. 24. With regard to the Cincinnati experiments, prodetermining anti-tumor effects of TBI; (2) documentation showing basis for expansion of psychological components of work; (3) documentation of work assigned to and/or performed by Dr. Saenger, (4) copies of documents fM work done at Baylor & Sloan-Kettering; and (5) security clearances of Cincinnati experiments investigators. Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival Included as part of ongoing DNA Technical Library and archival Completed. Documentation of Radiation Research Subjects Meeting held 12 Jan 94 submitted to ATSD(AE) on 27 Jun 94, (1) and (2) of this action item to be provided by AFRRI. (3) and (4) of this action item are included in action items #2 and #3, above. (5) of this action item is included in action item #13, above.

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HUMAN RADIATION RESEARCH REVIEW MATERIALS: Annual Historical Summary, HQ DNA Annual Historical Report Input, Oct 79-Sep 80 Report of TDY Travel, Report of Minutes of 13th Meeting, Panel on Radiological Part II Organizational Charts, Command, DASA, 1 July 68 First History of AFSWP 1947Operation Castle Final Report Univ of Utah College of (S?’ tracer studies in humans) - AFSWP Panel on Radiological - Organization Information; org. - Joint Panel on Medical Aspects of Atomic Warfare - Agency Histones re - Univ of Utah College of

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- Canadian neutron whole body Preliminary Report Operation Mission and responsibilities of HRE-62 AFSWP Budget Estimates for 48 - Organization Information; Budget, Estimates and Justifications - Thermal and ionizing radiation - Organization Information: budget 15 48 - Organization Information; budget 15 48 - Organization Information; budget - Medical research budget HRE-65 Congressional Budget Estimate, HQ DASA Organization and Research Proposal from the Univ of Chicago, 23 Mar 62 General - Univ of Chicago - Human Radiation Research 48 - Organization Information; budget - Univ of Cincinnati - Univ of South Carolina

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Draft of Operation DOMINIC I Report of DoD Participation, Technical Estimates, 26 Feb 52 Review of Initial Draft of Annual History of DASA, 1964 - Joint Task Force 8 - Organization Information; org. - AFSWP Panel on Radiological - Joint Panel on Medical Aspects of Atomic Warfare - Radsafe, dosimetry program - Agency Histories re