HAKDTACK KEF i 0 CONFIDENTIAL " ‘ Dp £.3.? Washington 25, D. C. Op-36 B/ n CONFIDENTIAL Sacea le (Colbas 26 4 From; Chief of Naval Operations! ~~ fo Chard (Sem June 1957 To: Commander Joint Tesk Force SEVEN€(22ng Subj: Proposed Afloat Radiological Safety Support Center for Operation Ref: ‘33 CIG 7-3 Conf ltr ser 072 of G May 1957 Encl: (1) BUSHIPS ltr ser 348-039 of 16 Apr 1957 1. 410987 DEFARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF SHE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS HARDTACK b) Conference neld in AFSWP on 16 May 1957 with representatives of AFSWP, CNO, ONR, BUSHIPS JTF-7 and CIG-7.3 In enclosure (1), the Chief, Bureau of Ships forwarded to the Chief of Naval Operations a proposal, initiated by the USNRDL, for an afloat Radiological Safety Support project for the underwater test program for Operation HARDTACK. In reference (a), Commander Task Group 7.3 forwarded to Commander Joint Task Force 7 certain comments relative to the above proposal. Specifically, CTG-7.3 stated that each Tesk Group bears the responsibility for Radiological Safety of all personnel within the Group and in this instance, the Radiological Safety for personnel in Task Groun 7.1 would be accomplished by Task Unit SEVEN. In addition, CTG 7.3 recommended that the use of existing RADSAFE facilities ashore at Parry Island would provide more centralized control, minimize duplication of effort, and obviate the requirement for elaborate installations afloat. 2. On 16 May 1957, a conference was held in Headquarters, AFSWP t» review the USNRDL proposal and to examine the radiological requirements of the underwater test portion of Operation HARDTACK. Conference representation included: ' AFSWP - CDR C, Mendenhall, USN BUSHIPS ~ Mr. V. Saitta CNO Mr. J. J. Kearns ~ CDR W.F.V. Bennett, USN JTF-7 - MAJ F. Ritchie, USAF TG-7.3 - CDR W. Brown, USN ONR LCDR O. Karge, USN - Dr. W. Thaler ‘ 3. Conference representatives were in mutual agreement on the following considerations and submitted the following recommendations: a. Radiological Safety of all personnel within the Task Group is a recognized Task Group Command responsibility. Specifically Task Unit SEVEN of Task Group 7.1 should provide radiological safety support for both scientific and military personnel of that group. b. An afloat radiological support unit is desirable in view of the water torne nature of this portion of the operation. However, this could be accomplished by stationing a personnel component of Task Unit SEVEN on board an LSD or an APA as provided. ‘Bereopea2 “CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL ’