The U.S. recommended intensified biological warfare research in 1951.

Evidence

The present international situation requires a re-evaluation of the BW program,” the committee’s report began. The United States was inadequately prepared. “The current situation demands an acceleration of BW research and development activities.” The committee recommended intensified work on Q fever, rabbit fever, and plague, in addition to a number of animal and plant diseases, including hog cholera, wart hog disease, anthrax, and “virulent races of wheat, oat, barley and rye rusts.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 139
• XREF: connects to: Doolittle advocated for biological warfare advancements in 1951. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 525; Burden sought to accelerate biological weapons production in the 1950s. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 534; The U.S. studied using insects to spread illness during the 1950s. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1040 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A committee report from 1950 focused on biological warfare strategies. #expands (0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 137