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10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 12, 1951
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Present
Also Present
Gordon Dean
Neil J, Carothers
Sumner T, Fike
Henry D. Smyth
Col. Richard T. Coiner, Jr.
Paul W. McDaniel
Thomas E, Murray
Charles F, Knesel
Bruce Uthus
M. W. Boyer
Thomas A, Courtney
Walter J, Williams
Ronald I, Spiers
Roy B, Snapp
Henry B. Kline
Everett L. Hollis
Morse Salisbury
Norvell W. Page
D. G. MacDonald
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Responsibility for Weapons Testing Programs and Proving Grounds
Mr. Dean said he had given further thought to the transfer of Joint Task
‘Force 3 responsibilities effective August 1, 1951, to Joint Task Force 132
under the command of Major General P,W,. Clarkson without prior clearance
with or notification to the AEC, about which he had expressed concern at the
meeting on the previous day. In view of the Commission's responsibilities
for maintenance of the Eniwetok Proving Grounds and the orderly termination
of and preparation for test operations, there was a need for fuller information
regarding the administrative and operational relationships existing among the
several agencies which shared responsibility for operation of the proving
ground,
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