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National Archives Records Relating to the Atomic Energy Commission SERIES TITLE Office of the Secretary (Secretariat Records), Correspondence Files INCLUSIVE DATES 1946 1958 ARRANGEMENT Dewey Decimal Filing System (1946 1951 portion) AEC Subject/Numeric Filing System (1951 1958 portion) VOLUME 146 cubic feet DESCRIPTION These files were compiled by the Secretary to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to create the official record of agency policies, origins, structure, functions, missions, controversies, and activities at the highest level of the agency. These portions of the files document AEC operational activities. They include agency policy formulation on budgets, contractor oversight, nuclear weapons programs, nuclear reactor programs, the hydrogen bomb program, special nuclear materials production programs, biomedical programs, Project Sunshine, the nuclear waste programs, contracts, and security matters. They contain information on agency policies and standards for human experimentation. They also include files on radiological warfare policy decisions and programs. The Secretary's files contain some meeting minutes and most letter reports of the Advisory Committee on Biology and Medicine. The 1946 1951 portion contains materials on the interim medical advisory committee. The series contains AEC information and decision staff papers, letters and memorandums showing implementation of policy decisions, and excerpts of minutes of Commission meetings. Collection numbers E 78 and E 79. RESTRICTIONS This series contains classified information. LOCATION OF RECORDS National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740 |