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23 October 1947
Serial: 0082P36
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From! The Ohief of klavalOperations.
To:
The Chiefof the Bureau of Ships,
The Ohief of the Bureau of Ordnance,
The Chief of t&e Bureau of Medicineand Surgery.
The OMef
of the Bnreau of supplyand Account8.
The Chiefof the Burem of Yardoand Docks.
The Chief of
the Bureau
of
Aeronaut
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The Chiefof klaval
ReRearcho
Subject: navalPartIclpat
ion in Proof-testing of Atomic VeapoM.
1.
On SaturW,
18 October1947, the Jotit Ohiefsof Staffappro~ed
an overalldirectivefor Axmed Porceuparticipation
to be conducted In the Pacific.
SAEIMNEE
i.
In atomic weqmn tests
the code neae assI@ed to
the operatiow
2. Sniwetok Atoll hae been selected as the site for the tests.
3. A Joint Task ?oroe M
been organized to provide &Bed
particlpation. Lieutenant General J. lb Hull, UW
b
Joint Tack Porte Couuukder; General U. J& Kepner, W*
the Air ?orce; and R&
A&IIiralF. C. Demebr~. ~%
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