—— construction, operation of camp andtest facilities, communications, and security service— has been provided through the Deputy for Support Operations, who has been the Manager, Las Vegas Field Office. The Deputy for Military Operations has been the Director, Directorate of Weapons Effects Tests, Field Command, AFSWP, who has coordinated all military participation and support. The SFO Organization for Storage Operations The following summary analysis of the comprehensive Stockpile operations gives a general idea of how SFO is organized to do the job, how SFO is preparing to meet changing conditions, and the nature and extent of working relationships with DOD agencies on all aspects of stockpile operations: Product design preparation for stockpiling is a joint AEC-DOD responsibility in which the AEC contractor-operated weapon design organizations at Los Alamos and Sandia seek to incorporate in each complete weapon system design such packaging concepts and field test LO -and handling equipment systems as are compatible with diverse shipping and storage environments and military concepts of optimized stockpile-to-target sequences. The AEC product acceptance, distribution, and custodial organizations review these product design preparations only to the extent deemed necessary in fulfilling their assigned functions as described later. Facility preparation for stockpiling is also a joint AEC-DOD responsibility in which the storage site planning and design agencies of the DOD at Sandia and elsewhere seek to provide facilities in which to store and maintain the growing atomic weapons stockpile under conditions which are acceptable to the AEC design, custodial, and security organizations, As mentioned, new storage concepts to minimize the cost of additional storage capacity and the requirement for stockpiling several new weapons of unusual design have tended to increase the complexity of this phase of the comprehensive storage operations program. _ Product acceptance for stockpiling is an AEC responsibility which is now conducted by direct employees of the Commissionat all SFO final assembly installations other than Rocky Flats, At Rocky Flats the final inspection and assembly of nuclear products is performed by an autonomous branch of the contractor's organization subject to design controls maintained by LASL and to custodial and security controls maintainedt by the AEC Field Manager. . At the beginning of the period there was a great amount of material being shipped from source to Sandia Laboratory for final inspection, then being transshipped to storage sites or to the DOD at Sandia Base for distribution to the using service. SFOO coordinated a study of traffic pattern and a study of feasibility of making direct shipment. This led to better and more economicalutilization of transport and couriers, and a marked reduction in time from source to the ultimate user. Product distribution for stockpile in accord with joint AEC-DODdistribution schedules as formulated each month is an AEC responsibility which is planned and conducted by direct employees of the Commission with such assistance from contractor organizations and the DOD as can be provided at the various loading and unloading points or by actual transport in cases where the use of military aircraft is warranted by the value of the products being moved to or from stockpile. DOE/ALO &6 y