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Commission. This Commission, established by Congress and appointed by the President in March 1985, was charged with reviewing the overall adequacy of the chemical warfare posture of the United States with particular emphasis on whether the US should produce binary chemical munitions . Its chairman was a former ambassador, Walter Stoessel, and its members were bipartisan. 

The Report of the Chemical Warfare Review Commission (June 1985 Chairman Walter J. Stoessel Jr) gave details of the types of chemical munition and delivery system in the US inventory. More generally, the US has published sufficient data to enable expert analysts to estimate US holdings of chemical weapons. See in particular Julian Perry Robinson, NATO Chemical Weapons Policy and Posture, p. 26. Andrew Cockbum, The Threat Inside the Soviet Military Machine,... 

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