MDR for General Mills Field Evaluation for Dry Agent Disseminator
| Submitted | Feb. 5, 2016 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Donald Triplett III
To Whom It May Concern:
I hereby request a mandatory declassification review of the following technical report:
Title: Field Evaluation of General Mills Dry Agent Line Source Disseminator, E41. Final Report, 16-29 January 1963.
Report Number: DPGR-351 DPR-63-0971
Publish Date: 1963-04-27
Corp Author Name: ARMY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND UT
Classification: C
It is already well documented that General Mills assisted the Army in the development of biological weapons in the 1960s. (http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/general-mills-and-biological-weapons/) In addition, another technical report of a similar subject matter (Field Evaluation of General Mills Liquid Agent Line Source Disseminator, E42) already seems to have been declassified.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Donald Triplett III
From: David Fort
To Whom It may Concern,
I am writing in regards to your MDR request for the below noted document
Title: Field Evaluation of General Mills Dry Agent Line Source
Disseminator, E41. Final Report, 16-29 January 1963.
Report Number: DPGR-351 DPR-63-0971
Publish Date: 1963-04-27
Corp Author Name: ARMY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND UT
Classification: C
In order to be able to locate this record, I would need some additional
information from you. Our holdings include hundreds of millions of pages.
Do you have a Record Group or series where you think this document might
exist. Or do you have a box number. Once I hear back from you I can log
your request in, but it will be very difficult with the information you
have provided to locate that document among our holdings.
Sincerely,
David Fort
National Archives and Records Administration
Deputy Director of the FOIA/MDR Division
David.Fort@nara.gov
301-837-0627
From: David Fort
To whom it may concern,
I wanted to reach out and see if you had received this email and been able
to find out any information.
Sincerely,
David Fort
National Archives and Records Administration
Deputy Director of the FOIA/MDR Division
David.Fort@nara.gov
301-837-0627
From: Donald Triplett III
Dear Mr. Fort,
Thank you for your email.
I'm still looking to try and find out some more information on where it might be located, and I'll let you know within the next few days what I find out.
Thanks,
Donald Triplett
From: David Fort
Mr. Triplett,
If you continue to have trouble finding out more information regarding
where this document might be, I would suggest contacting our
Archives2reference office at Archives2reference@nara.gov and see if they
can assist you in finding this information.
Sincerely,
David Fort
National Archives and Records Administration
Deputy Director of the FOIA/MDR Division
David.Fort@nara.gov
301-837-0627
From: David Fort
Mr. Triplet,
I wanted to reach out to you one more time for this case. I am inclined to
close this out and suggest you reach out to our archives2reference@nara.gov
office for additional assistance.
Sincerely,
David Fort
National Archives and Records Administration
Deputy Director of the FOIA/MDR Division
David.Fort@nara.gov
301-837-0627
From: Donald Triplett III
Mr. Fort,
Thank you for your email. The following may help you better understand the report I'm requesting; if the information provided is still not enough, I'll try to reach out to the email address you provided.
I learned of the existence of this document following a request made by a different individual for a listing of all Dugway Proving Ground technical reports. (https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2016/jan/27/look-inside-archives-dugway-proving-grounds-milita/) This report is found on the list for reports created in 1963 (pages 17/18). As the report is over 25 years old, I directed my MDR request to NARA.
The full details of the information I have of this report, as it appears on the list, is as follows:
CBRNIAC Number: CB-022150
AD Number: 336983
Site Holding: CB DT DW 509124
Title: Field Evaluation of General Mills Dry Agent Line Source
Disseminator, E41. Final Report, 16-29 January 1963.
Author(s):
Report Number: DPGR-351 DPR-63-0971
Publish Date: 1963-04-27
Corp Author Name: ARMY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND UT
Distribution Statement: Distribution limited to DoD agencies only.
Classification: C
This report is one of two field evaluations of General Mills disseminators. The other evaluation, one for a liquid agent, has already been declassified and its listing can be found on page 18.
Thanks,
Donald Triplett
From: David Fort
Mr Triplett,
Thanks for getting back to me. The main issue I have is that we have a
number of series with Dugway Proving ground records. Without knowing which
series this is in I will have difficulty locating it. Also, the question
is whether or not the document is still classified.
It may have been declassified.
David Fort
National Archives and Records Administration
Deputy Director of the FOIA/MDR Division
David.Fort@nara.gov
301-837-0627
From: Megan Dwyre
Dear Mr. Triplett,
This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request (RD 49421)
for “Field Evaluation of General Mills Dry Agent Line Source Disseminator,
E41 Final Report, 16-29 January 1963 (Report No. DPGR-351 DPR-63-0971).
We searched our holdings, but were unable to locate any Dugway Proving
Ground Technical Reports for 1963. We suggest you contact the Commander, US
Army Dugway Proving Ground, Attn: Technical Library, Dugway, UT 84022-5000.
We do not consider this response a denial under the Freedom of Information
Act because the records in our custody do not include the information you
requested. If you consider this an adverse response, you may appeal by
writing to the Deputy Archivist (ND), National Archives at College Park,
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland, 20740-6001, and explain why you
think our search does not meet the requirements of the FOIA. You also may
email your appeal to foia@nara.gov. Please note "Freedom of Information Act
Appeal" in the subject line of your email and be sure to include your case
number. Your appeal must be sent within 60 days of the date of this letter.
Sincerely,
MEGAN B. DWYRE
Textual Reference, Archives II Branch (RDT2)
National Archives at College Park, MD
RDT2 16-22056
RD 49421
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