REPOSITORY [60g WR= 226 - 408399 cottection AEC M emai cre ool) BOXNo. —2 Ql» FOLDER Ve 7? (a>) R ATCMIC ENERGY COMMISSION epee MEETING NO, 578 AND BPYIIEL. BONLAS ple(OZ 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 12, 1951 Me aE ae Ne aie ae oe Present Also Present Gordon Dean Neil J, Carothers Sumner T, Fike Henry D. Smyth Col. Richard T. Coiner, Jr. Paul W. McDaniel Thomas E, Murray Charles F, Knesel Bruce Uthus M. W. Boyer Thomas A, Courtney Walter J, Williams Ronald I, Spiers Roy B, Snapp Henry B. Kline Everett L. Hollis Morse Salisbury Norvell W. Page D. G. MacDonald 1. Responsibility for Weapons Testing Programs and Proving Grounds Mr. Dean said he had given further thought to the transfer of Joint Task ‘Force 3 responsibilities effective August 1, 1951, to Joint Task Force 132 under the command of Major General P,W,. Clarkson without prior clearance with or notification to the AEC, about which he had expressed concern at the meeting on the previous day. In view of the Commission's responsibilities for maintenance of the Eniwetok Proving Grounds and the orderly termination of and preparation for test operations, there was a need for fuller information regarding the administrative and operational relationships existing among the several agencies which shared responsibility for operation of the proving ground, BEST COPYAVAILABLE - 299 ~