Proving Ground. This coordination will be arranged between the Manager, SFO and the Commander, JTF-3 and assistance in assuring this action will be given by Dr. Alvin C. Graves, Alamos Scientific Laboratory, of the Los the GREENHOUSE Scientific, Director, and Colonel George F. Schlatter, of the Division of Military Application, who will be on-site as Exccutive Assistant to Dr. Graves. funding arrangements will continue to be made through direct agreement betwecn tne Manager, SFO and the Commander, JTF-3. SFO, Should requircments exceed funds available to the Manager, the Commission will be advised so that action can be taken. 8, The effective initial and terminal dates for this delegation of responsibility to Commander, JTF-3 should correspond to the anticipated period of overseas operation of JTF-3. It is now, duc however, practicable to set a definite terminal date, operational uncertainties inherent in the test program. initial date, however, should be February 15, 1951. to The The terminal date will coincide with the conelusion of major overseas operations by JTF-3 and the consequent relinquishing of Atoll Command by the Commander, JTFr-3, is estimated to be July 1, to the proper authority. This date 1951. STAFF JUDGMENTS 9. The General Counsel has no legal objection. Both the Manager, SFO and the Commander, JTF-3 have given informal concurrence to this plan, CONCLUSIONS io. It is coneluded that: a. The Commission should inform Commander, JTF-3, through the Department of Defense, of his designation as representative of the Commission during tional period of GREENHOUSE; -3- the overseas opera-