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UNITED STATES
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C,
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND
THE UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RELATIVE TO
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVING GROUND
The Second Semi-Annual Report to the Congress by the United
States Atomic Energy Commission,
ed:
transmitted July 22,
1947,
stat-
"The Atomic Energy Commission is establishing proving grounds
in the
Pacific
for routine experiments and tests
of atomic weap-
ons."
The Atomic Energy Commission has requested the Armed Forces
to undertake the major portion of the necessary construction work
at the Proving Ground.
Lt. General J.
Forces in the
E, Hull, Commanding General of Army Ground
Pacific,
has
been appointed to
coordinate
the ac-
tivities of the Army, Navy and Air Force in the construction anc
preparation of the Proving Ground.