MU ah by PS US DOE ARCHIVES 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION BiJed RG Collection Box Folder Toe Turgeon jenutal 4/32 3362 _#* 3 Beer adstiral ie Laswont Pagan Departaant af Lame ihVY FF _O00€ HISTORIAN (08) ‘ * Washington <3, Je ve BEST COPY AVAILABLE Dear Adairal Pughs You will recall that oearly a year ago you anproved the participaticn of meabers of tho staff of the aval Hedical Research Inatitute in the comiuct of tne biomedical program af the spring tests at ‘iavada Proving Growmis. i nave grwat aaticraction ta informing you that through the great interast wid cooperation of the sert of Captain Kellum 4t was possivle far is to have the services of Commanier Ruger 7% Gronkite ap tie <iire@ctor of the olomedical exparinoarts and tne acaistance of various others from the ‘aval Medical ‘esearch Institate and tse Yaval iadioloyical Jefense Laporatary in carrying out this very important sroyran. «.e were fortu:ate fin having an umusualiy biigh srovertion of successful axperimentsa, and information was developed waicn should ce of Inestinarle value in griding aur civil defense siannins against vessible atomic attack. We now are engaged in the wark of compliing and tranamitting this information to our Federal civil (Lefense .dministration. Furtier, a8 a part of tie vary inmortait devolonsent of aur joint defanse interesta, the commission has authorized se to call a conference ef representatives of Canada, reatitain, and the ‘nited Statos to axuchange classificd information on ceuaan and amvironmental weapons effects uncer the new topic of the Teslurical cooperation “rogram as aporowed by the ational ‘ecurity council. <« plan to aave this conference in w.ascington, srobably about the middie if Februarye It would .reatly ald in the orusentation of the Agerican material if Comaanser Cronkite aichat us permitted to serve as a monber of the iaerican delepration., Mn many of the topics which will be discngsed ne Yas the «ost complete and detailed information and is most competent to discuss the reaults of the experinents so far conducted. "nogARCHIVES