inlet, Table of Contents FOREWORD CHAPTER I -- SUMMARYOF SFO PROGRESS, 1947 TO 1954 1. July 1947 to July 1950 2. July 1950 to July 1953 3. July 1953 to January 1954 14 20 CHAPTER II -- THE WEAPONS MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION 4. Factors Entering Into Field Management and Organization 20 5. Santa Fe Operations Office 21 6. Expansion of the Total SFO Organization and Physical Plant 27 7. Development of the Organization Plans for Weapons Operations; Nuclear Component, High Explosive, Gun-Type, Missile Warhead Installation, Thermonuclear 31 8. Details of Field Office, Contract, and Plant Structure 43 9. The Military Atomic Weapons Organization 58 CHAPTER III -- ACHIEVEMENTS AND NATURE OF MISSION PROGRAMS 60 10. Summary of Development, Production, and Storage Achievement 60 11. The Nature of LASL Development Operations 66 12. Sandia Laboratory's Development and Production Operations 68 13. Weapons Inspection and Scheduling in the Sandia Area 76 14. Nuclear Field Test Operations 81 CHAPTER IV -- COMMUNITY PROGRAMS CHAPTER V -- STAFF SUPERVISORY PROGRAMS 90 ALOS . 110 15. Control of Information - Classification, Declassification, Information 111 16. Patent Attorney 121 iv