a cH ae a tH cp ue Te AID IR AB Eneles Ub APPENDIX DRAFT MEMORANDUM FROM THE CHATRMAN TO THE COMMANDER, JOINT TASK FORCE THREE 1. Your proposals concerning official observers for Opera- tion GREENHOUSE, as presented in your letter of June 8, 1950, are generally acceptable to the Atomic Energy Commission. Qe The necessity for holding the number of official observers at GREENHOUSE to a minimum is recognized, Housing restric- Cions and security problems will prevent the accommodation. of many interested individuals. The policy, therefore, for the selec- tion of observers on the basis of their general familiarity with “the operation together with their definite need for observing is believed sound. 3. The ceiling of 30 observers which you have proposed, to be divided equally between the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission, is also accepted as an excellent objec- tive although considerable difficulty may be anticipated in our endeavor to stay within this ceiling. We will, as you suggest, include in the 15 spaces allocated to the Atomic anergy Commission, provision for the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the General Advisory Committee and field agencies. HoennSceresineias mea me ani? : ir this.‘should. prove true, we are sure. thata ‘trade of spaces can be arranged to the mutual benefit of the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission. 5. We also concur with the other points of policy which you suggested in your letter. These include "Q" clearance require~ eo Appendix ~