MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence

SUBJECT:        Contingency Plan for Stockpile of Biological
                 Warfare Agents


       1. On 25 November 1969, President Nixon ordered the Department of
 Defense to recommend plans for the disposal of existing stocks of
 bacteriological weapons. ( On 14 February 1970, he included all toxin
 weapons ).

       2. On 13 January 1970, the Special Operations Division of Ft.
 Detrick, Maryland prepared a requested agent inventory, less toxins, and
 submitted it to the Scientific Director, Fort Detrick. This inventory was a
 required input to assist the Commanding Officer, Ft. Detrick to prepare a
 comprehensive plan for demilitarization on site of all biological
 agents/munitions which are stockpiled in support of operational plans.

       3. Under an established agreement with the Department of the Army,
 the CIA has a limited quantity of biological agents and toxins stored and
 maintained by the SO division at Ft. Detrick. This stockpile did not appear
 on the inventory list. The agents and toxins are:

             Agents:

               1. Bacillus anthracin (Anthrax)   100 grams
               2. Pastuerella tularensis (tularemia)  20 grams
               3. Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis virus
                  (encephalitis)  20 grams
               4. Coccidioides immitis (valley fever)  20 grams
               5. Brucolla suis (brucellosis)  2 to 3 grams
               6. Brucella melitensis (brucellosis)  2 to 3 grams
               7. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis)  3 grams
               8. Salmonella typhimurium (food poisoning)  10 grams
               9. Salmonella typhimurium (chlorine resistant)  3 grams
              10. Variola virus (smallpox)  3 grams


             Toxins:

               1. Staphlococcal Enterotoxin (food poisoning)  10 grams
               2. Clostridium botulinum Type A (lethal food poisoning)
                  5 grams
               3. Paralytic Shellfish Poison  5.193 grams
               4. Bungarus Candidis Venom (Krait) (lethal snake venom)
                  2 grams
               5. Microcystis aeruginosa toxin (intestinal flu)  25 mg
               6. Toxiferine (paralytic effect)  100 mg


       This stockpile capability plus some research effort in delivery
 systems is funded at $75,000 per annum.


       4. In the event that the decision is made by the Department of
 Defense to dispose of existing stocks of bacteriological weapons, it is
 possible that the CIA's stockpile, even though in R&D quantities and
 unlisted, will be destroyed.

       5. If the Director wishes to continue this special capability, it
 is recommended that if the above DoD decision is made, the existing agency
 stockpile at SO Division, Ft. Detrick, be transferred to the Huntingdon
 Reasearch Center, Becton-Dickinson Company, Baltimore, Maryland.
 Arrangements have been made for this contingency and assurances have
 been given by the potential contractor to store and maintain the agency's
 stockpile at a cost no greater than $75,000 per annum.


                                       Thomas N. Karamessines
                                     Deputy  Director  for  Plans

       AUG 23 1975