S-E-C-R-E--Tproblem of this magnitude will Independent groups like Rand. require additional A consultant studtes by group to advise the Commisston's staff has recently been established to expedite this work and to ensure perly considered. that all phases of the problem are pro- (End of SECRET section.) ResearchActivitics (UNCLASSIFIED ) 1%. Since July and approved 78 new 1952 contracts blology, and biophysics laboratortes two-thirds, the Commission has for research in universities, throughout the nation. of the Commission's The research renewed 240 projects in cancer, medicine, hospitals, greater part, the private about in blology and medicine is conducted at about a dozen ANC installations. 1s and Newest of these 58-bed Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, dedicated March in 1953. 15. The Commission supports a number of projects desipned to study the effects of radiation on animals. Data obtatned are useful in determining the probable effects uf radiatton on (End of UNCLASSIFIED seetion.) 16, Massivedosestudics{GONFEDENTIAL}. radiation are such that In the absence men and animals cdn exercise The effects of of other types thelr normal of injury faculties for some pertod after receiving what constitutes many times a lethal dose. Because of implications for both offenstve and defensive tacttcs, the Atr Force 1s espectally interested in determining how long and to what extent men could retatn thelr normal abilities after receiving a massive dose from atomic - 63 - projectiles at altitudes Part VI woe tet humans. ,