PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN ( G en_ 8 TEST DIRECTOR AND SCIENTIFIC DIRECT 409463 The Scientifie Director request that the following general regulaticns be approved by the Test Director, AEC, for the bomb tests in 1948, R It ccems vory desirable to have these minimum regulations agreed upon early in the operation in order to avoid misunderstandings and, possibly, hard feelings. 1. Only the Sefentific Director in person may press the firing button Many other officials, ex officio, may veto firing at any specific time or under All technical operations, experiments and observations are to be The approval in 13 — 007} It has been agreed already This paragraph merely stipulates that the Test Director, although retaining the authority to refuse to permit any given experiment, or to order abandoning a previously approved experiment, himself, also delegates the same authority to the Scientific Director. This means that in any case of nonresolved disagreement between the Test and Scientific Directors on whether or not to do a given experiment, the experiment will not be done, The details as to how an approved experiment is to be done lie wholly within the jurisdiction of the Scientific Director, If the Test Director disagrees with the *Except as specified for — Case I, Item 7, below, we NARA-College | jurisdiction of the Test Director, tack. with the Task Force Commander that all technical operations will be under the au ye nee observations aided by such accessories as binoculars. St wath ee U.R. Schodt ROVIEWEO Sy bomb explosion within a radius of twenty miles, except simple sensory Fe 3 taken or any equipment of whatever nature set up or assembled to make any observation of the physical, chemical, biological or other effects of the atomic CarlWils eas. atefal BY AGPTeenapape oye BY prt t AU THOS Ty op UL OG is DAT \ Xv Technical Director must be obtained before any propesed experiment may be under- BOX No. writing by the Technical Director, the Deputy Technical Director or the Assistant COLLECTION RG 326 done under the direct cupervision of the Technical Director.,* cv.?a 2. BEST COPY AVAILABLE 109 WN3-32%4> - E Wiles bY aw Taek ena Safety, etc, - - “oY specific conditions, e. g., the Test Director, the Director of Radiological ~ present, in which case this duty devolves upon the Deputy Seientific Director. 46-5! SéretarFOLDER Y7-6 (yf 21-47) Sandstone Vol. / or give consent or order to have it pressed unless he is physically unable to be