D - DIREOTIVE FROM WAR DEPdU!kMKT lU U S MiMY, P~CIl?IQ
WAR DEPAR!maNl!
WARI)EPAR=T GRii
STQ’F
Plans and Operation D ivision
Washington 25, D. C.
PM
26 November 1947
000.9 (26 ~OV 47)
SUBJECT: -y
TO:
Participation in ~tornicEnergy Act Ivities
Commanding General, U. S. #my, Pacific, Ft. Shafter, T. &
1.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Lve
directed egtablisbment of a
Jotnt Task Force to participatewith the Atomic12iergy
Commissionin
operbtions to proof-test atomic weapons duringthe springof 1948.
LieutenantGeneral J. E. Eu1l has been iles
Ignated as Comm~der of this
Joint Twsk Force vlth Ikjor General William E. Xepner and Rear dmiral
willb
s. PArsonsas Deputies. The code nme
in connection with this
operationwill be estbblishedby separatememorandum.
2. lhe Chief of StaffdesIres thatyou give all practIcable assistmce to ex~edit
e organizationof the Joint TaskForce and f~ilitbte its
operations.
It is desired that you render requestedlogisticsupport
to the Joint Task Force to include the furnishing of
troops, supplies
and equipmentwithinyour capabilities.This supportwill be in addition
to your presentmission. Supply priority l-kl has been aseigned to
the supply of the Joint Task Force.
This same prioritywill hold in the
replacement from the Zone of Interior of materhl suppliedby your com-
mand when such eupply action results in a critical shortage of any item
in your command. Requir~ents for this operation will take precedence
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