Combined Chemical Warfare Committee

Early in 1943 the prospects of enemy attack were reviewed by the Combined Chemical Warfare Committee for study of the Policy for Gas Defense of the U.S. A study prepared by this group on 20 May 1943 reported the following conclusions ... 

While the United States Chemical Warfare Committee did not reach as high a position in the co-ordination of the combined Anglo-American gas warfare effort as perhaps many of its members desired, it nonetheless achieved a great deal, and probably all that was expected of it. After the usual initial controversies over mission, powers, and organization the USCWC settled down and became almost a model of co-operative effort, both with the U.S. services and with the British Inter-Service Committee... 

In the fall of 1942, the Combined Chiefs of Staff set up the United States Chemical Warfare Committee (USCWC), headed by the Chief, CWS, to co-ordinate all chemical warfare activities. One of the objectives of the USCWC was to insure that all types of chemical warfiire materiel used by the British and Americans would be interchangeable. The... 

Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS) Report No. 30. Chemical Warfare — I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G., Frankfurt/Main . 

Mills, A.K. (1945) Investigation of Chemical Warfare Installations in the Munsterlager Area, including Raubkammer. Combined intelligence objectives sub-committee G-2 division, SHAEF (Rear) APO 413 CIOS item 8, Chemical Warfaie/UK... 

Although the committee did not visit or evaluate a sufficient number of ships or stations to provide a fully generalized conclusion on overall Navy BW and CW defense readiness levels, the data gathered throughout the study combined with the collective experience of the committee point to a clear conclusion Navy chemical and biological warfare defense readiness needs improvement. In particular, careful attention must be paid to threats in ports and at shore installations. 

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