AEC FILE Copy © oP This document consists of SRE Copy No. ig of ae _15 1 Series AEC 153/1 June 7, 1949 page COPY NO. _A iv ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION DESIGNATION OF TASK FORCE COMMANDER Note by the Secretary The Director of Military Application has advised us % follows: 1. On June 6, the Military Liaison Committee advised th Commission that Lt. General Elwood R. Quesada, USAF has been designated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the Task Force Com-. mander for the 1951 test program. the Special Assistant Headquarters, 2. U.S. to General Quesada is at pres the Chief of Staff for Reserve Force Air Force. The action of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was based on recommendation of the Military Liaison Committee concurred in the staff of the Atomic Energy Commission, 3. Pertinent correspondence is on file in the Division Military Application, BEST COPY AVAILABLE ROY B. SNATEosirony MARK - Coll Secretar DISTRIBUTION Secretary Commissioners General Manager Deputy General Manager General Counsel Military Application Secretariat COPY NO. 1 2-6 7 8 9, 10 11-12 Y couection&& 326, BOX No. LO2 4¢ (MN3- 32 FOLDER [jo-r0 Creen house LASSIE DOE NS/DECLASSR CSNEE WASHINGTONGoo BYEVERETTE, gayIl 227/26] 7