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k d ical Facilities, Unbttaa Dirt riot The Comaanding General, krpy Servioe Forcer. Dtu t o the uaiquo occupation81 hrudr rhiaauin the operation of the projects uncrer the oontrol of th. Dirt riot of the Coma of cnpineerr. it has been neoerrary to provide on-site hospital M a medioil facilities for the personnel employed thereon and ruoh of their fad lier &I are required to live on the projects. It ham a180 been found necesrary to o on tract with certain institutions fcr the furnirhing of medical facilities and 2. At one project, hospital facilities v6neuhg oompletion. The medical staff, provided by the contractor in ahatge of a part of the medical research pertaining to the pro:ect, ha necessarily 001# into pomrersion of considerable 8ecret information. For thi or eu on and p rar ilyin order to insure the rete c tion rn the pr vj eot of thoir outstandiag professional qualifications, and t0 lnsure cmt in d ty of research and medicel treatment, it naa been determined t o be os seat irl that ao ert a in portion of this medical atd ’ t ’ be i n the dl it u yest rb - 3 . It i s therefore recommended: n. Thnt,the mediool perso uel be oommissioned in the lotment of personnel be made ava,lable t o t h e Surgeon General for that spec if io purpoee in the numbers and grades indicated on the Inclosure, and that the Dirt ric t Engineer, hiatt an District, be authorized to oorrerpond directly with the Suggoon Ctenetrl in order to expedite the milit u it a tim of‘ %hi8 b, That the Surgeon Genervl be Mk ed to give the fuller t o onsiTe rn tim to recomaemdations of the 3i strict Eneineer uto the grades in which the members of tnrt r taff we +ab e appointrcl, Repository: NARA Atlanta Archives r OR Division of Research Folder: T.E.2 Gen Con
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urd tore quer ta for m y necer8w-y waiture o f physioal di8abil it ie6 of thore porrons, prwided that such di rabi li tiw rill not prevent them from per rom iq their assigned conC. That ex ir ting Medial DeparWnt porroaml m d nraterTb1 pro cur meat fa oil it lee be made a rail a blot o the Manhuttan Dirt riat, where it i r adrantAgeous t o tbe kremment. and s&tionod at th oro Ilmh.ttan Disttiot p tojo ots at whioh there QTO located ma did facilities, be author l rod to reoeire medical care at the e fac il it ioa, rnrl the axpenrer incurred thereby be reimburrod t o the Y.nh.ttm air tr ict by the Surgeon Oenerol frsm fmdr availabl. t o him, the Wer of rohburrersnt t o be mutually agreed upon between the Surgeon General and the Dirt rlc t Engineer. 0,That, for re our i tyre u on ~ ,a liaieon officer be appoGtted by the Surgeon General with station at the Office of tho Surgeon General, with full authority and freedom of action to approve, in the nume o f tbe Surgeon C)bnernl, re quir it io or eccamplished by the Dirt ric t Engineer, mttan Dirtriot, for ruoh Medial hp rt ment personnel end materiel .d u e nec$e~86ary,and to expedite the filling of ruch requioiwith the in farm tion(for his personal use) neoessary for hia to act intelligently. This officer will be provided by the Manhatten Dirt ric t f, That the Dirt ric th p nee rand the medical officer8 under-his o on tro l be not required to submit to the Surgeon General orhi8representative8my reports which in the opinion of the Dirt rlc t bg in e er rill reveal the nature, scope, o r militruy importance of the work being performed by tbe Manhattan . That the Median1 Departanent prronnel assigned, attached, troa the oontrol of the District Engineer rithout his prior ap proVal. ? him memure i 8 newssary in order too on tro l the re our it y of classified in for nation md in order to bur6 that the especially re leo ted medical personnel rill be retained on their pre rent ly rasfgned tasks. For t h e Chief of Engineerst
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