oo 7 = A paper on "The tole of Instmoentation in Civil Vefense® waa presented at the AIZE fdnter Jeneral eating held in “Yew Zork City on January 22-26-, 1951. ig Was noted in the Jovenusr Monthly rrogress Kerort, the Radi: tion dustruments Sranch hea been directed by the fencral ansver to investi:ate various radistion detection instrusenta capsnle of detecting atomic werpong and Cissionsvle materials which might be gnmurccled into the United States aboarc anip. A «meeting was held*jointly with senbers of the Division of Bilitary ipplicetion ana the Hesearch Oivision on January 31, 1951 to discuss with a Or. Glwood 5. Cilfillan, Jr., of the Gld Dominion Uasearch and Development Corporation of Arlincton, Virginia, his ideas on how thig sreblem could be dealt with. As a result of this zaceting, he wes invi ed to submit a proposal covering a feasibility study. US DOE ARCHIVES 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RG _00E HISTORIAN (DEM) Collection Box Folder OFFICE SURNAME > 4/32 3363 #20 18—-56565-1__—sGaPo ee | wo