UNITED STATES
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
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Dear Raddy:
I have been informed that the Joint Chiefs have selected
General Luedecke to be the Commander of Joint Task Force
Seven which will conduct the HARDTACK Test Series at the
Pacific Proving Grounds in 1958.
All of us here agree
that General Luedecke is an excellent selection.
How-
ever, I think I should call your attention to the fact
that in the appointment hitherto of General Clarkson,
Admiral Momsen and Admiral Hanion, the Department con-
sulted me before the choice was settled upon so that I
could discuss it with the Commission in view of the fact
that the Commander of the Joint Task Force is also the
senior representative of the Atomic Energy Commission in
the operation.
An oversight must have occurred in this
ease, but I think that a record should be made in order
that the right of the Commission to be consulted should
be preserved for the future.
Faithfully yours,
/s/ Lewis
Lewis L. Strauss
Admiral Arthur W. Radford
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D. C.
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