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FROM .: George P. Kraker, Deputy Manager, SFOO, Aibuquergu
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Reference is made to the draft of "Report by the Commander,
JTF 132, to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Armed Forces Participation
in the 1953 Experimental Nuclear and The neonuclear Tests at
Eniwetok/Bikini," In this paper the Commander proposes that relationships and responsibilities during Operation Castle, with respect
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to existing agencies, comands, and JIF 132 should remain substantially as established for Ivy; that the Ivy and Castle operations
be designated as a single, overall effort to be known as Operation
Ivy/Castle; and that the present JIF Deputy Comaander for Scientific
Matters (Dr. Graves) and the present Commander, Scientific Task
Group (Mr. Burriss), be retained for Castle. We concur with the
latter recommendation as explained below, but do not concur with
the first two proposals.
Further reference is made to the organization charts shown as En~
closures "G" and "I" of the paper. There is enclosed an organization chart which we consider to exemplify to a much greater degree
the actual relationships and responsibilities which exist during an
operation.
On this chart we propose that Dr. Graves would be des-
ignated by AEC to occupy the position of Deputy Commander for AEC,
rather than for Scientific Matters alone. Task Group 132.1
(Seientific) would be commanded by Mr. Stanley Burriss, and a new
Task Group 132.5 (Base Facilities) would be added, to be commanded
by Mr. Paul Spain, concomitant with his responsibilities-as Field
Manager for the Proving Grounds. This organizaticnal set-up has
been discussed with Dr. Graves and Lt. Col. Potter Campoell and
has been approved by Dr. Graves and interested SFOO people. If
you concur, it is requested that you present the chart to the Com
mander, JIF 132, as an AEC requirement,
We propose further that the above organizational concept will hold
true only during the actual operational period at the Proving
Grounds. During the interim period between Ivy and Castle we con-
sider that Department of Defense and Atomic Energy Commission test
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