" a UNCLASS Fie / resulting deterioration in the International situation, has had its effect on the Division, No directives or requests were necessary|to step up the tempo of the Division's work or to intensify the eff along orogrammatic lines, The most noticeable change was the ide fication of all Groups in the Division with various phases of the test program. Certain research programs were abandoned and certa routine work had to be curtailed in favor of work preparetory to Operation Greenhouse, At the close of the year the Division was bit surprised to find itself accepting full responsibility for th rediclogic safety program at Operation Ranger. This latter proje is of more than passing interest, marking as it did the first t such @ program had been entrusted solely to membere of the Lab own staff, One got the feeling that H-Division hat finally come Bf age and it had reached the point where it no longer needed to r for outside assistance in protecting the operations of the Lab HeDivision accepts this responsibility not so much with humility with pride and gratification. A. Personne} During the year the numerical strength of the staff rose frag 11, to 127. All Groups in the Division shared in this increase, In addition to the new positions created, 34 terminating workers werp replaced with new employees; in no instance do we feel that good material hae been replaced with something poorer. UNCLASSIFley 09130915 006 POuNuY LANL