UNITED STATES
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON 25. D. C.
Honorable W. Sterling Cole
Chairman, Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy
Congress of. the United States
Dear Mr. Cole:
DOE ARCHIVES
This seventeenth Progress Report of the United States Atomic
Energy Commission for the reriod June through Noverter 1953
is submitted in accordance with the Joint Committee’ request
of July 23, 1947. As has teen the practice over the
lest six
years,
we have outlined in this report the Comziseion's major
objectives end the measures being taken to achieve ther.
The past six months have teen
ar
Commission tersonnel.
Two Coz iss
sigred, were appointed and confirmed
during the surcmer, and
the new General Mangser essured his duties on hovercer 1.
As in the past we are subritting tne report as two sererate
Gocuments in order to facilitate
the seafeguerding of informeticn on the weapons rreerec.
Sincerely yours,
. (E
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Lewis L.
Crairman
Streuss
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