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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
PROGRAM FOR OFFICIAL OBSERVERS AT OPERATION GREENHOUSE
Memorandum by the Director of Military Application
1.
The information set forth in this memorandum applies
only to VIP observers, not to AEC personnel participating in
approved scientific programs.
This memorandum does,
however,
set forth the conditions under which AEC personnel may expect to
go aS observers,
2.
Original planning for observers for GREENHOUSE, as set
forth in AEC 153/11 and approved by the Commission,
included
provisions for a total of only 30 observers per shot, this
number to be divided equally between observers Sponsored by the
Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission.
Recently,
it became evident that the Department of Defense figure should be
raised from 15 to 30 per shot;
this increase was coordinated
with the Division of Military Application.
The AEC target figure
of 15 per shot was retained with the proviso that an additional
five spaces would be provided for emergency use if
circumstances forced us to exceed 15 observers.
3. Within the AEC,
in effect,
the original basic breakdown remained
providing approximately 7 spaces for Santa Fe Opera- —
tions Office, and 8 spaces for Washington (including the Joint
Committee and the General Advisory Committee).
A procedure for
combining the Santa Fe Operations Office and Washington AEC
observer lists was thereafter established so that the maximum of
20 AEC-sponsored observers per shot would include those with the
highest priority reasons for attending.
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