ADEA SIGIR Call Creer SE 5. The first trip would be one to arrive to witness the (uoy High Altitude shot. It is possible that this trip of some 15 to 17 total spaces Will be over-subscribed, particularly in view of the high interest of the DOD in this shot. For that reason our invitations: to those of Cabinet Officer rank and to the JCAE would list all four of the observer shots as avallable, whereas invitations to other individuals would list only the three later trips. 6. As to the foreign observers suggested, it is believed the AEC should offer no objection if the matter is properly coordinated with the Department of State, The U.S, has agreements for military cooperation will all the nations or organizations concerned, Tentatively the DOD had been thinking of splitting the foreign observers (except the NATO group) groups, into three separate It would appear much more convenient to consolidate the United Kingdom, Canadian and Australian observers into one group for reasons given in the attached proposed letter to the DOD (Appendix "C"),. The Joint Task Force is now planning to effect this consolidation for the U.K,, Canadian and Australian observers, 7. Mr. Quarles! letter informs the Commission that the Commander, JTEF-7 will give a briefing later to sénior NATO personnel, From informal discussion it is understood that this would be to the NATO international staff, It would have to be limited, insofar as atomic information is concerned, to data judged transmissible by the AEC and DOD (unless the new law specifies some different procedure). With the close of the operational period the Commander, JTF-7 is ne longer responsible to the AEC but becomes entirely a Commander of the military forces, As such, what he does then is not an AEC responsibility Co “3