yee ty s* mae ~ . wo, ° ‘ aoe UNCLASSITD) CHAPTER 2 Personnel Procurement. On 1 Gctober 1947 Colonel Cooney and Captain Winant began considering the problems of obtaining personnel for the Radiological Safety Group, It was apparent that a small group of experienced personnel would be needed to conduct the planning, technical, and operational functions, These experienced personnel would haveto be drawn from other important assignments and in general would come from the AFSWP andAEC, It was decided that this staff group should be as small as possible in order not to interfere unnecessarily with concurrent important work, It was also felt highly desirable that the majority of the group should consist of graduates of the radio- logical safety schools at Treasure Island and Edgewood Arsenal. The non-staff or monitor personnel would be picked from those having the best records at the radiological safety schools, It was desirable that all branches of the services have representatives in the Radio- logical Safety Group, thereby each service should benefit by the experience of the operation. On 17 October 1947 a memorandum was sent to the J-1 Section, JTF~7 and constituted the basic request for personnel, Six officers and one civilian were requested immediately for the duration of the operation. These versonnel, all from Headquarters, AFSP in Washington were needed to accomplish the planning stage of the operation, and to form a micleus for the Radiological Safety Group. In addition, eight other specially qualified officers were requested by name to report by 15 January 1948. Procurement of these officers was given ~ highest priority because of the amount of previous experience each -5- quer ‘ te wo ae LO ell re pe ON, Be pee der eT A aoe 4 he wots ceo os mes te mee Co oa ee GACTS we . sm SSE OM Swe ee be Peehe ~ Vet nA Ot TS feed Fg OTE Tn Poe a te Oe ner ~- . cromy CT ° oto. yal t : ot RePe, . OO 0 UR 0 pho . _——_ ASTT egg pt ae OO, Oeapn UTA rns ne es, an ee TE ne bet Lote I Oar a A kee are Nees