Initial
JCS actionon the paperwas not completeduntilthe L$h
of Novemberwhen the JointChiefsof Stdf approvedGeneralEisenhcmr’~
recommendation
that the Chiefof Staff,UnitedStatesArmy,be desis
nated as the ExecutiveAgent for the Joint Chiefg of Staff for the ~OiJlt
Task Force(JCS 1795/8)and CaptainJamesS. Russell,USN, was desig@ed
Test Director for the AEC by JCS 1795/9. Final JCS action on the papef
was dependent on AEC concurrence, which was not received until 6 January
1948, due principally to the necessityof comingto a mutually satis-
factoryagreeamt as to the responsibility
for allowableexposureto
radiations.This matterwas resolvedwhen the AEC agreedwith the Joint
Chiefsof Staffthat this responsibility
must remaina functionof
command.
Upon completionof JTF Staffactionon JCS 1795/6,whichhad
received numberone priorityfor preparation,
the J-3 Sectionbegan
to work in to normalJ-3 duties. Ma~or GeneralJohn DeF. Barker,
UnitedStatesAir Force (thenBrigadierGeneral),who had been selected
as the AssitiantChiefof Staff$J-3, arrivedon 14 October19470 m
clerk-stenographers~
Sgt. Ford and PFC Ganl.ey$
arrivedon the sanMday.
The new numberone prioritytask assignedthe Sectionat this t~
was
of servicetestsdesiredby the Army,Navy,Air Force
the establishment
and Anwd ForcesSpecialNeaponsProject. TheseWOre in addit~n to
the teststo be conductedby the AtomicEnergyComission, and required
the approvalof the JointProof-TestComittee. JCS 1795/6pxwided
that these testswouldnot titerferewith the Atcnnic
EnergyCoImnission
tests.
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