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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
APPOINTMENT OF AEC REPRESENTATIVE FOR GREENHOUSE
Report by Director of Military Application
1. The problem of Commission delegation of authority during
the period of overseas operation of Joint Task Force THREE was
mentioned to the Commissioners at Meeting 311 on October 6, 1949.
More recently,
General Quesada,
dated October 28, 1949,
in a@ memorandum to the Commission
(see AEC 153/3) noted that the plan for
the GREENHOUSE operation,
as prepared by the Joint Proof Test
Committee, would be submitted to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to
the Commission.
The view of the Commission as to their represen-
tative were also
requested,
2,
It will be recalled that at SANDSTONE, Captain James S.
Russell,
of the Division of Military Application, was the Senior
AEC Representative and Test Director, while Dr. Darol K.
of Los Alamos Laboratory,
tain Russell.
eral Hull,
was
Froman,
the Sclentific Director under Cap-
The SANDSTONE Task Force organization,
under Gen-
consisted of a joint staff of personnel from the three
military services;
cperational responsibility was delegated to
seven Task Groups,
one of which was commanded by Captain Russell.
This Group was responsible for directing the technical and scientific tests and included Dr,
Froman's unit which was the scienti~
fic and only subordinate unit of the Task Group.
3, Thus,
rector,
it can be seen that Captain Russell,
as Test Di-
actually performed two functions during the test.
Commander of Task troup 7.1,
As
he was @ military commander,
respon-
Sible directly to the Task Force Commander for all operations,
administration and decisions pertaining to the AEC.
Dr,
Froman,
as the Scientific Director heading the subordinate Task Unit 7.1.1,
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