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		 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                  OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
                       WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

                                                   9 January 1952

SUBJECT:  Psychiatric Research in Connection with Atomic Weapon
          Tests Involving Troop Participation

TO:       Chief
          Army Field Forces
          Fort Monroe, Virginia
          (Attention: The Surgeon)

     1.   For your information in connection with planning for
future exercises and operations in which atomic weapons will be
used and troops will participate, this office has a continuing
interest in the conduct of psychiatric observations regarding the
effects of the weapons on the participating troops.

     2.   Funds for the conduct of psychiatric observations which
may be approved for future atomic weapons tests will be made
available through the Surgeon General.

          FOR THE SURGEON GENERAL:



                              ILLEGIBLE. G. ILLEGIBLE, Jr.
                              Colonel, M.C.
                              Executive Officer

ATMED CCC.9 (9 Jan 52)

Office, Chief of Army Field Forces, Fort Monroe, Virginia

TO:  The Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington 25, DC

     This Office will give due consideration to the interests of
the Surgeon General in the behavior of troops participating in
future exercises employing atomic weapons.

     FOR THE CHIEF OF ARMY FIELD FORCES

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                                                  9 January 1952


SUBJECT:  Psychiatric Research in Connection with Atomic Weapon
          Tests Involving Troop Participation.

TO:       Chief
          Army Field Forces
          Fort Monroe, Virginia
          (ATTENTION:  The Surgeon)

     1.   For your information in connection with planning for
future exercises and operations in which atomic weapons will be
used and troops will participate, this office has a continuing
interest in the conduct of psychiatric observations regarding the
effects of the weapons on the participating troops.

     2.   Funds for the conduct of psychiatric observations which
may be approved for future atomic weapons tests will be made
available through the Surgeon General.

          FOR THE SURGEON GENERAL:

                              E. G. ILLEGIBLE, JR.
                              Colonel, M.C.
                              Executive Officer
Concurrence:

                              JOHN M. CALDWELL
Medical Research and          Colonel, M.C.
Development Board             Chief, Psychiatry and Neurology
                              Consultants Division

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