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Memorandum for Members of Subcommittee No. 1, from
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1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
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To prepare a plan to phase down resources in the Eniwetok Proving
Ground to a maintenance stand-by status.
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(1) That there will be a cessation continuing for several years in
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the use of EPG for testing of atomic devices.
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(3) That the AEC and DOD will continue to be responsible for per-
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(4) That any DOD responsibilities in EPG assumed by AEC, or vice
versa, will be established by a change in existing AEC-DOD
agreements and will be on a reimbursable basis.
(5) That H&N personnel in EPG will be phased down during calendar
year 1959.
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(1) That maximum consolidation of AEC-DOD functions will be
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(3) For planning purposes, an operation was defined as approxi-_Be. (tS SET
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(4) No shots of the assumed operation will be fired at Bikini
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