oe IIT, FaGTSBEARINGGULTIEPRODI"! 5. SecUBy-HTORMATION Tab EB is a copy of the memorandum from the Director, DMA, to the AEC members of the Group. It provided them guidance in their devolopmont of “the specific tasks in which tho AEC contemplates asking for military assistance. : 6. Correspondence related to the establishmant of this study of increased : participation by the Department of Defense in the atomic woapons program is “listed below. Copies are available in the files of the Military Liaison Com- “mittee and the Atomic Energy Commission. &. Memorandum for tho Chairman, AEC, from the MIC, subject: "Military Guidance in the Atomic Weapon Field," dated 16 July 1961 urged the Commission to make maximum use of military facilities and assistance, be A letter dated 12 Septomber 1951 to the Chairman, MLC, from the Chairman, AEC, stated that the Commission would be pleased to oxplore with the Chairman of the MLC appropriate military assistance, Ce <A letter dated 18 October 1951 on this same subject from the Chairman, AEC, to the Chairmon, MLC, proposed formally that joint discussions be conductod with a view to determining to what extont the Department of Defense OeEtat —oould undertake to assist the Commission in the non-nuclear portion of the weapons program, and that it believed such a study would indicate the steps ee e ~ ( ) Cc \ ) that should be taken to utilize most efficiently the combined capabilitics of the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission in the atomic weapons fiold. ad. <A letter dated 31 Ostober 1951 from the Chairman, MIC, to Chairman, AEC, in reply to the Commission's letter of 18 October advised that the Deputy Scoretary of Defense was asking cach of the three Services to review departmental facilities and to discuss the extent to which additional atomic weapons tasks might be undertaken. ee <A letter datcd 14 November 1951 from the Chairman, ILC, to Chairman, AEC, advised that thc Department of Defense was in accerd with the AEC proposal forthe establishment of a joint study group and nominated representatives. The letter further stated that these representatives were not authorised to commit their respective Services. f. A memorandum dated 4 December 1951, subject: “Increased 66 Commission Prografron the Joint SEGUE = a ee