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The purpose of this memorandum is to describe the Test Director's Branch of the
AEC Continental Test Organization. As presently constituted the Test Organi-
zation formally places the full responsibility for all scientific work sponsored
by whatever agency with the Test Director,
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technical supporting units are therefore incorporated in the Test Director's
Branch,
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The Test Directorts Office comprises the Test Director, his Deputy, and technical
and secretarial assistants, Members of this Office, as distinct from members of
the Staff Sections deseribed below, have heterogeneous duties. Apart from the
Deputy Test Director they do not have authority except at specific times and in
specific matters but rather serve primarily as information channels, The Deputy
Test Director, on the other hand, is authorized to represent the Test Director
A Group Director may, however, appeal over
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Group Directors
Virtually complete authority and responsibility for the Programs within any one
Group are delegated by the Test Director to the appropriate Group Director. The
present organization includes three Groups, the Military Effects Test Group, the
Weapon Development Test Group, and the Civil Effects Test Group. With the agree-
ment of the Test Director, Group Directors make any changes, deletions or additions, to Programs within their Groups. Conflicts between Groups are resolved
by the Test Director in a way best suited to meeting the over-all aims of a given
set of tests er a given test series. Under a broad agreement among all agencies
sponsoring tests, the Test Director's decisions in technical and operational
matters are final. It should be pointed out that in practice agreements are
reached in conference between the interested parties and that a "command!
relationship ig not evident,
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