& EO Ad. | BM: JCB May 1h, 1953 Rear Admiral He Lamont Pugh denaral BEST COPY AVAILABLE Department af the Navy Washington 255 De Ge Dear Admiral Pugh: 1% | uith reference t the Navy persomel whichyoubo kindly‘made available to as for the conduct of the bicmsdical experiumts at the Nevada Proving Grounds during the present series, X am very pleased to be able to informyou that despite the ahifte of achedile which have involved a greater expenditure of time by the agientific personnel than we had originallyavticipated, the program under Commander Cronkite and his staff has gone well. I feel that the data being obtained, when taken in eonjunction with that obtained at Greenhouse, will go far teward answering many of the difficult and perplezing questions whichconfront’ us not only with respect to ailitary operations during war time but even more with respect to the manifold employmmt of nuclear energy in tines of peace. The tasks assigned te this scientific group have been intricate and most difficult. Delicate physical and animal experinents have been conducted under conditions of dust and stormthat at times have veen appalling. Despite these obstacles which are inevitable in a program of this sort, everyexperinent has been eoncluded in an extremely satisfactory manner, and the seientific quality of the data obtained has not been allowed to deterierate because of the requirements of the field operations. Gartain experiments yet remain to be performed on the concluding shets of the series, ad there will follow a period of analysis ofdataand the writing of the final reports which Commander Cronkite intends to be done by . hingself and his staff while they are engaged in their nermal duties. Te ag a ee msFag al OFFICE p | ceaPepe gpeceneeeee fee aeee SURNAME p> |____- _ /nee,Oe ee _ _*fiefs| / DATE } . Form AEC-318 _ a aad ? _ U. 5. GOVERNMERT PRINTING OFFICE | t oeene a nn(O . _ 16—62761-2