A 16 June letter from Lt. Col. Byrme of 4950th to George Cowan notes the lack
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"specific missions for the sampling personnel and aircraft at Indian Springs beyond
ve Rover sampling and the possible sampling required for OXCART for Livermore.
A
imilar letter has beeh sent to Edward Fleming of Livermore and Byrne needs the plans
ad: requirements for samplers that could be served by Indian Springs beyond the
rojects already named.
He notes the current studies addressing the nuclear test
gpabilities and feels that Indian Springs may be one of the next capabilities
addressed.
Here is a most interesting memo from Ogle to Bradbury
on 17 June 59, entitled
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“Proposal for Future J-Division Activities and Organization," with
No. JO-458.
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After making some basic assumptions about the future
activities which include data
computation and reduction from past tests; mainte
nance of diagnostic capability;
test planning discussions; and Rover activities; he
goes through a group by group
breakdown of what the various sections of the divisi
ons will be doing and how
this is a change from the past.
He describes J-6, J~7, and J-8 as carrying the
engineering capability of J-Division.
Then he discusses 3 or 4 groups - J-17,
J-18, J-19 and J~20 - which will be responsible for tests of specific\¥ reactors
in the Rover program.
He then discusses the background, present activities, and
possible future of the technical groups:
J-10, J~11, J-12, J-13, J-15, and J-16.
One of his thoughts is to possibly combine J-12, J-13, and J~16 under Lee Aamodt
to form a new group, “a large portion of whose efforts could be exerted either
within the Division or without in directions other than weapons tests or Rover
work.
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The above proposal is made partly as a result of the stated intent
of the present J-13 (Malik) and J-16 (Watt) group leaders to leave their present
positions."
There are so many details in this report that I will extract it for
our classified files.