oe ~SOCUMENTD La >an ae _ EH-11 (42, pe saan ft DOCUMENT nate AOI OYE Fila R-SY eo ~ en HEADQUARTERS JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN WASHINGTON 23, D. C. AG aol x Fea. - 2 0 MAR 1953 Dr. Alvin C. Graves OTHER (SPECIFY): Arfeas pe AD tee MSCS / 98 TMENT OF ENTE Te DECLASSIFIC AT 1ON REVIEW ——e CATER sIKATION [GRCLE NUM Si 1 CLASSIFICATION RETUPED CLASSFICAT. 2! CHANGED TO; ield) =_ ~~ Ww DOCUMENT IS CLASSIFIED _SECREET EPS - "J ise Los Alamos, New Mexico 1 3 ae 4 . Dear Al, A few items have come up since I returned to Washington about whith - I would like to get your reaction and comments. In the first place, AFSWP has nominated Colonel H. K. Gilbert as Commander TU 13. While he is in the desert on the UPSHOT/KNOTHOLE series, Captain N. E. Kingsley, Secondly, my office is arranging a Special Air Mission to Eniwetok in June. We expect to leave here the morning of & June and pick up you, Bill Ogle, and others before flying on to Hawaii. We will be gone about 10 days, including three days in Eniwetok and a day and a half in Hawaii. General Clarkson is very amcious to have you along when he orients the a Oo an AeeaeAeinsntl RIES ra SA J-Division 499 as his deputy, is handling all matters pertaining to TU 13. As far as General Clarkson is concerned, Gilbert and Kingsley are satisfactory; however, he wants to know if the two men are acceptable to you. Te ce ye -~ + emgmayer toe wi ee te Deputy for Scientific Matters Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory P, 0. Box 1663 411774 nm a a * a =2 4 oS J Ww sm 5 o fm a 4 ot Z pany °3 a 4 =] < ¢ <_ a fx a f = 3 new task group commanders on CASTLE requirements in the Forward Area, Please let me know as soon as possible whether this date is agreeable with you and who, besides the task group comnanders, you feel should go along. Perhaps Dr. York? Also, please look over this memorandum Ace Pate passed to General Clarkson pertaining to weather phenomena and let me know your reaction to it. You will recall that I discussed this idea with you during IVY. I agree with Ace that, if we can adopt the concept, the importance of Wind direction will become less critical. item. . There's no great hurry on this And now that everything seems to be going ao smothly at Nevada, perhaps you would like to wrestle with a couple CASTLE problems for diversion. tM Now that Bikini becomes the center of five-sixths of all our acti- vities, Eniwetok diminishes in importance as far as military support problems are concerned. Changes in military support concepts may need a little re-thinking in light of recent changes in shot sites and numbers. pny - “He 01761794 ist ii RROARRORER=EIE ATOHIC ENERGY ACT — 1948

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