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Reference is made to the letter from the Chairman, Atonic
Knergy Coumission to the Chairman, Military Liaison Committee,
dated 13 November 1957 which requested concurrence in the test
program approved by the Commission for Operation HARDTACK, and
ia the designation of Comaander, Joint Task Force SKVEN as the
Senior AKC Representative at the Kaiwetok Proving Ground durimg the operational phase of HARDTACK. Assurance of Departmeat of Defense support for this operation was also desired.
The Commission may be assured that appropriate support of
the Department of Defense, normal to Joint AEC-DOD test
operation and furnished through the Joint Task Force Organization, will be made available for the forthcoming Operation
HARDTACK. The proposed designation of the Commander, JTF-7
as the Senior AEC Representative at the Emiwetok Proving
Ground during the operational phase of HARDTACK, is concurred
in by the DOD.
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This assurance of support is understood not to preclude
further consideration and recommendations by the Department
of Defense as to the contents of the test program.
Sincerely yours,
Herbert B. Loper
Chairman
Honorable Lewis L. Strauss
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Dear Mr. Strauss: