Office Memorandum
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: April 20, 1950
TO
: John A. Derry, Executive Officer
FROM
: “erd Hiller, Civil Defense Liaison Brahth
A CVapOe
SUBJECT: REPORT CF NSRB NTELING AFRIL 17-16, 1°56
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The following agencies were reprerented at the day and a half meeting
calied by Faul Larsen, Director cf Civilian Mobilization, to discuss
various radiological defense problems;
NSRB - Larsen, Gill, Gallagher, Martin, Farker, Pringle, Kiefer,
Lanoreaux, Biddle, and DeChant
ARSWP - Capt. Hinners, Lt. Comd. Campbell
’ Department of Defense — Lt. Col. McHugh and Lt. Col. Walmsley (Col.
Beers! office), Col. Green (Dr. Neiling's office)
GSA - Goebbels and Beshers
PHS - Williams
National Institute of Health - Dr. Howard Andrews
AEC — Miller, Butenhoff;: Deal (Second Cay only)
ir. Larsen opened the meeting Monday morning with a brief statement
as to the purnose of the meeting. He followed with an exposition of
the ctroblems that confront NSRB in proceeding with national plannizg
for radiological defence. It seemed apparent that his most immediate
concern Was with the seminar which he is to lead at the Brookhaven
course next Monday, April Zu.
The many and varied problems which he
cited, ranging all the way from overall state and local organizations
for civil defense to technical details such as air and water sampling,
were set forth as probleas on which definite, sneci fic answers sho7a
oe given to the stucents assembled at Brookhaven next Monday, before
they return to their respective states.
One cf his first remars was that in his scersonal opinion the radioLogical monitoring courses were started prematurely. This sentiment
was later also expressed oy Zric Biddle, Consultant on Civil Defense
to the Chairman, iJSRB.
The reasons given as underlying this opinion
by Mr. Larsen were that complete plans ad not yet been formulated on
the matters menticned above; specific plans for the conduct of secondlevel courses weve not in existence; settlement upon a specific instrument cr instruments had not been made and srocurement therefore had not
been worked cut, anc -rodlems of standardization of training and
equipment between Civil Defense use and hiilitery use hac not been fully
considered anc solved.
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