Meeting #1579, 6 January 1960:
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Note that for some time the roles

and relationships of the various

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AEC laboratories have been under discussion by the Commission and
at this this meeting the General Manager presented to the Commission
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a report prepared for the JCAE on the ''Future rol} of Atomic Energy
Commission Laboratories"

Generally the report seems to deal with

the national laboratories but there is an interesting paragraph on
Livermore, which is also probably erroneous.

‘'With regard to the future

personnel level for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, at Livermore,
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Mr. Graham said that he had understood it was to/held to 600.

He

noted that the report calls for an expansion to 7C) or 800 by 1963 and

requested that this matter be investigated further."
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Joint Task Force SEVEN Albuquerque Office was established

‘on 15 January 1960 to facilitute continuity of plonning ond coord!natton
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for future tests.

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Nowever, the transfer of NIS logistical support

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functions from Field Command, DASA to the Task Force was delayed until
further guidance could be received on the status of future testing.
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covers correspondence through
Here is a file entitled, "Hot Point," which
launches of Atlases from Vandenberg
the first six months of 1960 on planned ICBM
Tick Tock.
to EPG with certain of the tests called

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