ATOMIC ENERGY
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1951

TEST OPERATION>

Report by the Director of Military
~~Pplication
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1.

In AEC 153/1

tl~eCommission was ini’orrncd
that the Joint

ChLefs of Staff had designated Lieutenant General E. F..Quezada;
lJSAF,as the Task Force Commander for the 1~~1 test operation.
2. Subsequent to this acticm the Joint Chiefs of Staff designated Bi>igadicrGeneral H. 3. Loper, USil.,
md
Hill, USN, as deputies tioGeneral Quesada.

R?ar Admiral T. B.
The Joint Chiefs of

Staff further directed General Quesada to form a joint proof-te~t
,30mittee, ~onsis’~ingof the three designees Plus ex-officio ‘lembers from the PILCand tl~eAEC, to draft the necessary policy for:
a. Delincati;lG the organization of the Task Force.
b. Outlining the participation of the several components of the Al’mudForces.
c. Outlining the recommended action on all aspects
of the test whic!larc of concern to tileArmed Norccs.
3.

tive.

The MLC Ims designated Admiral Hill 3s their rcprcscnta-

The Director of !IilitaryApplication actii~gfor the Commis-

sion has desig~atcd Dr. A. C. Graves, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory wad Colonzl ?. T. Prcuss, Division of Military Application,
as cx-ofi’iciomembers.
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~. The first xceting of the Joint Proof-Test Comnittee was
held on Jtily 12-13.

A?ter a review of S?JIDSTONEorganization and

experience a proposed ~rganization for 1951

was discussed.

(See

Chart, Tab A).
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are significant:
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