agrees that the ultimate acceptance of a program er part of a program weuld rest with the DOD and that this, in no way, should prevent direct approach to any of -the services or their facilities. b. Paragraph 18, Department of Defense Participation in Associated Fields, and paragraph 21, Legal Aspects. He does not believe that these sub- Jects were relevant to the task assigned to this Group. He does, hewever, fgglieve strongly that a clarification of the responsibilities under Public Law 585 is necessary to enable the Department of Defense to plan intelligently and to budget for its part in the atomic weapons program. a C RE! 3 ATOMIC FNED2Y *CT 1946 beng. pee copIEDIDOt