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Personnel Procurement.
On 1 October 1947 Colone) <i and Captain FY began considering
the problem of obtaining personnel for the Radiologica] Safety Group.
It was avparent that a small group of experienced personne] would be
needed to conduct the vlanning, technical, and operational functions. .
These experienced personnel] would have to be drawn from other important
assignments and in general would come from the AFSWP and AEC.
It was
decided that this staff group should be as small as possible in order not
to interfere unnecessarily with concurrent important work.
It was also
felt highly desirable that the majority of the group should consist of
graduates of the radiological safety schools at Treasure Island and
Edgewood Arsenale
The non-staff or monitor personnel would be picked
from those having the best records at the radiological safety schools.
It was desirable that all branches of the services have representatives
in the Radiological Safety Group, thereby each service should benefit by
the experience of the operation.
On 17 October 1947 a memorandum was sent to the J-1 Section, JTF 7,
and constituted the basic request for personnel.
Six officers and one
civilian were requested immediately for the duration of the operation.
These personne], all from Headquarters AFSWP in Washington were needed to
accomplish the planning stage of the operation, and to form a nucleus
for the Radiological Safety Group.
In addition, eight other specially
qualified officers were requested by name to report by 15 January 1948.
Procurement of these officers was given highest priority because of the
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