Summary of December 7TH Meeting at the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (Achre)

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ADVISORYCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS TO: COL. CLAUD AILEY, JR, USA SUBJ: SUMiMARY OF DECEMBER 7TH MEETING AT ACHRE 1. Set forth below are the major points discussed at the above meeting. If there are any questions or comments, please contact me. -- DOD is continuing to review A m y OSG records in RG # I 12 at WNRC which are identified in my October 25th Ietter, including the relevant files in the unclassified accessions of Central Subject, Geogaphic, and Bulky Files. A summary of the progress to date is set forth in B. Thompson's December 6th memo. DOD will write the OSG records management office in an attempt to locate the post-World War 11Top Secret files (only the 1949-1950 Top Secret files are in RG # 1 12 at WNRC). A C E will provide the necessary personal information to DOD RECC to permit ACHRE staff to review and copy records fromunclassified accessions in this record -- DOD is beginning to review Chemical Corps records in RG #175 at WNRC which are identified in my October 5th letter. DOD will write the successor to the Edgewood Arsenal Historians Office in an attempt to locate the five accessions in this record group withdrawn by the - h y in the 1980s (when the accessions were withdrawn the SF-1 35s were also withdrawn, and SO there is no idormation at WMC: as to what was in these accessions). DOD will write the records management ofice of the current successor to the Chemical Corps in-an attempt to locate the post-Wortd War 11 Top Secret files (none of which are in this record group). -- DOD is continuing to review OSD records in RG #330 at WNRC. A summary of the progress to date is set forth in B. Thompson's December 6th memo, The method DOD used in identifying the accessions to be reviewed was discussed, and it was concluded that there was no need at this point for fimher review of SF-135s. It was noted that accession #60-1393is no longer at

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-- ACHRE will provide the necessary personal information to DOD RECC to permit ACHRE staff to review OSG and Chemical Corps histories at the Amy's Center for bfilitary History. -- ACHRE will provide the necessary personal infomation to DOD RECC to permit ACHRE staff to review with DOD 20 boxes of classified records from RG $1 12 and RG 55330 at WNRC (these records include those of the IMLC, DSB, OSD's Panel on LMedical Sciences and Cornmitree on Medical Sciences, AFWC, etc.). -- The need for detailed records on how search strategies were adopted, what exact records were examined, and attempts to locate missing records was discussed. The records generated by DOD thus far in this regard were looked at and certainly seem to be more than adequate.