A2 - page 8 for the Nike Zeus program. The only remaining requirement for a complete shoot when ready capability would be for a test director and staff (exclusive of forces from the services). to remain at Johnston Few if any task force personnel would have Island full time. Rather, as a test program, the test director and his staff, together with the forces required, would deploy to Johnston istand and be supported by the existing base complement under the terms of previous agreements and proceed to conduct the tests. Any action to implement this concept for testing should be made on a decision to resume testing, but consideration should be given at this time to prevent entering into any agreements or obligations at Johnston Island which may later preclude this concept from being implemented. ‘ Under a discussion of the organization for future testing the responsibilities of the DOD versus the AEC are discussed and it is noted that where the AEC conducts proof tests of weapons designs they also have been responsible generally with determining the diagnostic information for the general tests. it is further stated that where initially the AEC undertook substantial effort to determine effects information in various environments, with time the responsibility for effects determination had been taken over in large part by the DOD. In relation to the new DOD responsibilities given to DABA it is stated that "DASA under its new charter, has the responsibility for supervising DOD atomic weapons test activities and for assisting in operational evaluation tests ot atomic weapons systems involving nuclear detonations and coordinating other DOD programs for investigation of atomic weapons effects. In supervising the conduct of full scale DOD weapons effects tests, DASA" has a variety of responsibilitysthat are enumerated here. The study committee in trying to determine what type of organization and what fines of command or control best served the interests of both AEC and DOD