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Colonel R. H. Koltz, Conter Deputy Commander and Assistant Deputy Chief
of Staff for Personnel, respectively, were the Center representatives.
Upon his return from Eniwetok, Colonel Kieffer wrote a letter 91 to Air
Research and Development Command explaining the personnel problem in the
4951st and requesting establishment of a new systen,
The Air Research and Development Command reply 22 stateds
A thorough review of the personnel situation
at tniwetok and of past procedures used for manning
the 495lst indicates that most of the previous difficulty encountered was caused by inadequate control
of personnel manning actions. The need for immediate
action to establish regid manning controls for this
unit is apparent. All manning actions related to
this unit consequently are now being monitored by this
headquarters to insure that procedures ere effective
and that manning is timely and adequate.
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However,
it 1a not intended that the direct responsibility for
manning the 495lst be changed. This is, end should be,
the responsibility of Air Force Special Weapons Center.
By direction of the Center Commander, the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Personnel was designated the Center monitoring agency for all A495lst per-
sonnel requisitions; the 4950th then became an "info copy" agency in the
conduct of the program.
To insure standardization of procedures four re=-
presentatives, three from the 4950th, visited Headquarters Air Research
and Development Command in mid-July to discuss and coordinate on aspects
of thesystem,
in another important Personnel development, aurenentation requirements
for Operation HARDTACK were determined in May 1957, utilizing recommendations
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