REPORT BY THE JOIN? PROOF-TEST COMMITTEE to the JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF on ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATION IN PROOF-TESTING OPERATIONS FOR ATOMIC WEAPONS THE PROBLEM iL. To recommend for approval the policics and outline plan for the organization and operation of the Joint Task Force to conduct proof-tests of atomic weapons, 2, The over-n1l cost of the project over normal oper’ ting exponcitures of the services concerned is estimated not to exceed 20 million dollars, It will require 8,790 service personnol, 24 naval ships and creft, and 50 land-bascd military Qirer. ft, In addition, approximately 25 technicians will be furnished by Armed Forcecs Special Weapons Project (..FSWP) to the Joint Task Group for firing the weapon, 3. The schedules of tests to be conducted and observations to be made, set forth in Enclosure "A", represent the combinud minimum requirements of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), _ Army, Navy and Air Force as determined by cach, No tests or observations will be made which interferc seriously with the primary scientific purpose of the test, or for which a definite use connot be foresezen, or which do not require dircct observ:.tion of on atomic blast,