Declassification

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The Ranhattan District has inaugurated a program of declassification for the purpose of making available t o the peacetlm science and indusby of the country much of the scientific and technfc-3. information which has bean accmulated duriw the course of t h e research end developental work on the bmb, where t h i s can be doae Fithout endmgering oup national Seourity. TO carry out this program, General Groves asked for reooxaendations from 8 ' additlon to Dr, Tolrnan the other members of the Cormittee are Dr. E. (3. the University of California, Dr, k . E, Cwpton of Yashfngton University, / and Dr. 5. C. Uroy of the Universitx of Chicago. The Committee recomende:! specific topics cove~irkyRistrict work which should and should not be released at the present the,nd further pecorrsJenrled c. procedux for cwrzing out this declassification. The recomendations of the Cm it tee ES to specific topics vkich rnw be de class ifk d bme baen prepared i n the fom of a "Declassificnt3on Gufdert, ad distributed to scientists concerned throughout the Project. The Connfttee recomerrJed t h o t a document to be declassified must be reviewed bs two individuals; o m , by a Director of one of the najor contractor organizations of the Diet ric t and, bo, by one of a group of well known scientists through- & the countlpg suggested by the-.-varfous Dfrectors concerned sho hsve agreed to act as Responsible Reviewers. during April of this year, and, since t h a t tir'e, e considerable volume of scientific fdom - ation has been released, The meetings of the American Physical Society at Chicego, June 20-22, and at Berkeley, Callfcrnia on This program was placed in effect

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July 12, are good examples of the reaulta. The Information rebased a t these two meetings is a very a m d l part of the mterial which is now being processed for future scientif'ic eociety meetings, for publicadion in sofenrtlfic jourmh, and for experimental and Industrial use besides