APPENDIX A (Cont!3.) for the past ninc years have been carricc cut in a most efficient and cffective manner by Mrs. Frances Montgomery, assistant to the Division of Biolcsy and Medicine. After carcful considcraticn we do net fecl that the two functions would at all be in conflict but rather woulc complement onc another. The Committee was Uxtremely intcrested in Dr, Dunham's rcport of the plens for th. seicntifie an! opcrationel program of the Division of Biclogy and Medicine in the coming fiscel ycar., We notcd with approval plans to cxpand rescarch studies in occanograephy, mctcorology and marine biclesy. 4 vigorous program in these arces is cssential, we believe, to the safc conluct of weapons tests and to the intcllicent expansion cf the atomie cnergy industry throughout the worls. In this lattcr connection it occurs to us that studics in such disciplines as cecancgrephy, motcorology, and marine biology ultimately might be undcrtaken by the propcesec Intcrnational Ltcmic Energy Lgoney. These are fields in which most of the nations of thc world have a common interest; thus a joint undertaking by the propose? TAED would not only appear feasible but woulc serve to attract to that arcney the scientific talent which will be necessary to carry cut its control and inspection functicns. Meanwhile, thcse studics must bv carrice out mainly by tho AEC. We were encouraged by Mr. Tammaro} . assurances that every effort woul’ be made to provide adcquate funcs anc sufficicnt personncl tc cerry thesc programs forward, We reerettcd very moch that the tim had come to say farcwcell to Dr. Deis; whese torm o” serviee on the Committee enlcc on dJunc 30. On behalf of the Committee, I thanked Dr, Doisy for nis wise counsel and muicaance ove: toe period of six ycars, The next mecting of th. Advisory Committce is scheduled toe be hcla in Washington, D. C., cn Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22, 1956, Sincercly yours, G. Failla GF :krj