On 10 November 1959,
Col.
Wignall as Commander of the 4950th responds
to AFSWC on their staff study on the reorganization of AFSWC.,
Judging from
the comments apparently the AFSWC authors have recommended reorganizing
the 4950th probably by absorbing its mission within the cénter, if not in whol
.
at least
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.
The response from Wignall is that the study is based largel
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neither does it take into consideration. certain facts such as th e
true domestic and international . situation regarding resumption of testing an d
the fact that the 4950th has a current mission, which seem to be very
perti
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ertinent
and necessary in considering reorganization.
Clearly the 4950th feels the
are fighting for their life and in fact fighting for the proper su
test planning during the moratorium period,
ort t
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.
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h test in Dec. 59
13 Nov. 59 TWX from Sandia requests approval for Tonopa
rpcen.
ae ea
for radchem sampling FFF
to prove out ground-control ted aircraft (drones)
“Starbird disapproved
test on | Dec. due in part to possible adverse
propaganda effect ‘at Geneva.
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