Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1999. - 24 p.
Foreword.
Brief History of the Soviet Biological Weapons (BW) Program.
The Biopreparat Complex.
Other BW-Related Centers.
Kazakhstani Elements of the System.
Vozrozhdeniye Island.
Infrastructure and BW Development.
Dessication of the Aral Sea.
Stepnogorsk Scientific Experimental and Production Base (SNOPB).
Research and Development Work.
Infrastructure of the Facility.
Scientific Research Agricultural Institute (NISKhI).
Anti-Plague Scientific Research Institute.
Initial Efforts at Conversion.
AO Biomedpreparat—Heir to SNOPB.
NISKhI.
Anti-Plague Institute.
Prospects for Conversion.
Structural and Technological Constraints on Conversion.
Role of Foreign Assistance Programs.
Conclusions.
Photographs of SNOPB.
