Cited by G.W. Merck, 'Historical Report of War Research Service', Nov. 1944. National Academy of Sciences Archives. Committees on Biological Warfare. Box 5 Series 4: War Research Service.
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'Early Steps Taken by the U.S. Government in Relation to B.W.

Before there was any unification of activity in b.w. several United States Government groups considered this subject independently and their efforts form the logical beginning of any narrative.

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In 1940 a meeting of scientists was called at the National Institutes of Health to consider the possibilities of biological warfare attacks on this country this subject had also been discussed by the Council of National Defense and the National Research Council. The sense of this meeting was that biological warfare did not present a practical menace to the United States. (See Section II, p. 3.)' (f. 13)