~\ aa -_e ee Brig. Gen. K. Ee Fields, Director Division of Military Application Sb dat hy Shields Warren, M.D., Director Division of Blology and Medicine DRAFT STAFF PAPER ON TROOP PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION TUMMLER-SNAPPER smAr0 BAD:JCB SZ ; 2 C2 Date: é on of Biology and Medicine recognises that it is not ita [§ : function to set standards for the ailitary sor to impede the operations of the Departuent of Defense. Neuever, the test and the Continental Proving Ground are the responsibility ef the Comsiszion both in fact and in the publie mind. = The Division of Blology and Medicine troops to be closer to ground sero than the seven miles us Desert. Rock operation fer the following reasons: - 1. CO ‘The Continental Proving Ground is ef great value to the program of the Atomic Rnergy Comslssion and has been accepted by the publica DETERMINATION [CIRCLE NUMBER(S}] 1, CLASSIF CATION RETAINED 2. CLASSIF CATION CHANGED TO: 3. CONTAINS NO 00 E CLASSIFIED 2 z g 3 z Z G 5 > all proportion to their importanee, and any or death during the operation might well have - serious adverse effects. 3. f fallout of fission cireunstances of controlling bast Farce in the accuracy of the drops bas been outstandingly good, precision of the detonation peint cannot be guaranteed. NAME: == SINGLE REVIEW AUTHORIZED BY: 3 The explosion is experimental in type ani its yield cannot ba predicted with accuracy. While there is vary little likelihood that the products would be a hasard under the operating the tests, there is uncertainty of ths fuctors effects. Also, although the record of the Air ‘a! z Accidents occurring at the tine and place ef an atomic explosion are magnified by the press cut of BEST COPY AVAILABLE BUGHER/fd Distribution of copies: Cys. 1 and 2-A ~ B/G Fields 3,4&5 BEM Files OFFICE » SURNAME p> DATE |----------------~-----.-----|--.- f- 7 ---_-___-e--_|_--- finn eene eee Form AEC-818 . U. §. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 18-—-62761-2 v ae