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Here is the 7 Aug. message from CJTF-7 to 7.2 at Eniwetok which states,
"The conclusions contained in the report of the Jeffrey Committee concerning
the status of the EPG have approved in principle by the chairman of the AEC
and the Secretary of Defense.
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JTF-7 has been assigned the implementing
responsibility for the actions under DOD cognizance in coordination with the
AEC and the services.”
It goes on to say that the EPG will be phased down
immediately to maintenance standby with a capability to resume testing within
12 months.
Only facilities and equipment which cannot be replaced within
12 months will be kept at the EPG and there will be maximum consolidation of
“the AEC-DOD functions.
TG67.2 will turn over their functions to the AEC
contractor with the ultimate release of all Army personnel from the EPG and
this phase is to begin immediately and be complete by Jan. 1960.
Various
other preliminary details of the areas to be transferred or phased down are
contained in this lengthy TWX.
No.
The Jeffrey Committee was known as sub-committee
1.
On the AEC side, Jim Reeves of 7.5 sent messages to the various AEC agencies
which instructed them to proceed with a phasedown of the EPG resources, in order
to retain a capability to begin a 12 barge shot at EPG 1 year after approval to
resume testing.
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