-7= EG&G meeting to discuss opensea operations. , 5 y At this meeting it was concluded that an airborne control point fs not necessary if the Navy will put an LSD withing [6 miles of the zero site. On x 6 January Brig. Gen. Geo. Duncan of JTF-7 visited Los Alamos on an orientation tour and to discuss the future of testing by JTF-7 and Task Group 7.1. The i-Division Leader held a meeting on 15 January to determine the LASL position as to whether or not Task Group 7.! should be continued and remain at Los Alamos in view of the changing missions of J-Division, the critical shortage of housing, the test moritorium, and task force recommendations regarding the future task force orgaization. The concensus of opinion within LASL was that a need exists for a sclentific task XaK group organization which should be as free as possible for military control, and perhaps this can best be accomplished by continuing the scientific task group with an organizational structure which would get out from under the control of the task force staff. _ Furthermore at the request of Lt. Col. Byrne of TAsk Group 7.4, Paul Guthals is helping the Air Force to justify bringing 2 more B-57B radchem sampling aircraft into the squadron due to 2 recent crashes. 23 January 1959, J-6 Report: nner As for Eniwetok, all design work requested for the future is in the x mill and scheduled out from February through June with maintenance continuing at the site on existing stations and facilities. As for discussions with JTF-7 including J-3 and J-6 personnel, the general conclusion reached was that the most feasible scheme for opensea testing seemed to Include an LCU as the shot vehicle with an LSD acting as the mother ship. As for NTS, construction has been authorized for 4 new 500-foot holes and a number of modifications have been requested for the surface