agrees that the ultimate acceptance of a program er part of a program weuld rest
with the DOD and that this, in no way, should prevent direct approach to any of
-the services or their facilities.
b.
Paragraph 18, Department of Defense Participation in Associated
Fields, and paragraph 21, Legal Aspects.
He does not believe that these sub-
Jects were relevant to the task assigned to this Group.
He does, hewever,
fgglieve strongly that a clarification of the responsibilities under Public Law
585 is necessary to enable the Department of Defense to plan intelligently and
to budget for its part in the atomic weapons program.
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