j. The primary security interests during a maintenance stand-by
period are the safeguarding of classified documents and the requirement of a minimumof "L" clearance for contractor personnel.
k. It is feasible for the AEC to assume the missions of stevedoring, port command, and POL operation.
1. No further construction in the EPG should be undertaken with the
exception of minor modifications to existing facilities on Eniwetok
Island required in the consolidation of base camp activities.
m.
Subject to recomputation of maintenance personnel requirements
by the AEC, a total strength of 495 personnel of which 69 would be DOD
will be adequate to conduct maintenance stand-by operations.
n. An apportionment of operating costs between the AEC and DOD
which will reflect a transfer of functions and division ofthe cost of
support activities is appropriate. For a force of approximately 500
personnel, and with the transfer of functions proposed above, the estimated annual cost to each agency would approximate $7.6 million for th
AEC and $1.1 million for the DOD.
o. The phase-down of personnel and transfer of responsibilities
can be accomplished within approximately a 6-month period. An appro-
priate date to initiate action should be 1 August 1959.
p-
Command and control activities in the EPG should be dependent
q.
The wording of the present AEC-DOD agreement is such that all
upon the organization eventnally established for the conduct of future
atomic testing.
the foregoing changes can be accomplished by mutual agreement between
the Commander, Joint Task Force SEVEN and the Manager, Albuquerque Operations Office. An appropriate and revised agreement to reflect such
changes as are implemented should be drawn up by legal counsels of both
of those agencies.
r.
Revisions or additions to existing Joint Chiefs of Staff, Uni-
fied and/or Specified Command agreements are considered unnecessary at
this time.
5.
RECOMMENDATIONS
a.
It is recommended that:
(1) The foregoing conclusions be approved.
(2) Action be initiated by the DOD and the AEC to implement the
foregoing conclusions (except m, p and r) along the lines
indicated in Section 4, Tabs "A" through "0",.
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