HEADQUARTERS TASK GROUP 7.1 JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN MM P- eS P. ©. Box 1663 LOS ALAMOS. NEW MEXICO efees 7 BO~ /73 eon ® Geei” Major General Kugene MeQiniey Joint Task Force SEVEN Washington 2s, Dd. . 5 DOePET CON bas Cc. vee ~. iSiSTS of. page's) C Dear Gens: Before leaving the Task Ferce, Perk said that any correspondence on the History should be gent to you. I aa therefore returning to you under separate cover one copy of the History of Operation Castie. It has been downgraded to Secret, Restricted Data, by our classification section. Although the contents of the draft are in generd satisfactory, I must confess, with due apologies to the author or suthors, that the style seens needlessly wordy md awkward. volved. Mmy sentences are obscures and in- Sy careful editing the draft could be greatly improved in clarity |] and readability; and I recommend that this be done. The following comments apply to the sections, chapters, and paces indicated. zs 8 > Be 82 le = el2¥gs Ey , ogo tesa In the *ABERSVIATIONS" Section I recommend that kt be uzed for kil aes’ Sec ton and Ht for megaton, These abbreviations should be hanged accordizrly |= See2ue 2 throughout the book. CKAPTER I Page 1, line 11 CD DD 665250 i Change "Los Alamos" to “the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory". “SISHESEE BEE eas. Pee OU ign WSit8 Ff = 12 Pave 2, line 6 Delete "ss well as noting" md substitute "ani noted?—); Page 2, last line Delete "to be", Page 5, line Delete “combining with” and substitute "for". Pace 7, line 6 After "md" add "of the High Counissionsr er", from bottom from bottoa from botton | CRM FILE BC i oe DEPARTIAENT OF ENERG 1ST REVIEWERDAIE G/ i =a wer 244 Bas