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Pre pared u nde r dire ction o f the

Chief of the Chemical W arfare Service

UN IT ED ST ATES

GO VERN MENT PR INTIN G OFFICE

W ASHING TON: 1940

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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, M a y 1,1940

F M 21-40, Defense A g ain st Chemical Attack, is publish

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B Y ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:G . C . M A R S H A L L ,

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E . S . ADAMS,Major General,

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