, REF ID:A72027 

1'o 1 A, M. Gl eaaon 

Marshall Hal 1 1 Jr. 

B. A. Lelbler 

H. :P. Robertson 

c. :e. Tompkins 

12 Bo'f'ember 1952 

I baTe agreed to eene aa chalrman o:t a SOAMP-llke project on 

\he UOLA oampue, aa last 7ear, during the aummer of 1953. '!he mo et 

urgent prellm1naz'7 talk la the eeleotlon of pereonnel, at.nee 

clearances v111 be tnTOl'Yed for ao1111 of them. I am vri Ung to those 

ll1ted above tn the hope that they vlll pal't1o1pate next SUDDDer and 

that they will glve me almost immediate advice concerning other 

po1alble parUotpanta. I aball also be Yet'7 glad to receive, either 

now or later, euggeaUona concerning various aspects of the program, 

ba.t t should not 1111sh to have the ti.rat steps tovard recruiting 

personnel unneceasar1l7 delayed tn faTOr of other eonsideratlona. 

As a general rule, I feel that key personnel should nom1.na'e junior 

parUcipanta, and that all nomlnattons should be made before 

December. Let,era whioh can reach Urbana before !ueada;y, 25 

lloTem'ber should be addreaaed to me there. Prom then through 

l December 1 can be edd:reesed at the Armed 1orces SecurS.t7 Agenc71 

AlSA-03, Washington 25. D. o. In your repU.es, please indicate 

whether JOU are nominating arq person aa a •ke711 parUclpant or a 

M Junlor 0 partlc1pant or 1n aome other categor7. I :ralH the following queaUon.a. 

1. Which ot laat rear'a parttoipan\e do you recommend tor 1953? 

Aalde from the writer, those to whom thle letter le directed, 

and personnel ln \he sponsoring agenc7, the folloYing took 

part: 

A. A. Albert 

!ruman Bot ta 

D. V. Ball 

ii. H. Ban.son 

G. A. Baell um\ 

John o. Xokan 

Lowell Paige 

A. E. Boberts, Jr. 

D. o. Spencer (ver7 briefl.7) 

Jamee Ward 

Charle• Vexler 

2. Are there 8111' of laat 7ear 1s pa.rtiaipanta who 7011 think ahould 

not be reappointed? 

@'pp roved for Release by NSA on 02-12-2014 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 
, REF ID:A12027 

a. What are 1~ react1on• {:poe1t1~e and nega.ts.ve) to t.he 

f'•llowing, all of vhom ba:re been euggea\ed trom one acnirce 

or another. 

Da"f'1d maokVell 

I.. B. !J"Q.ck ___... Alfred :Bra'\18!' { auggeated by .Alber\) 

cc. 

SarYadaman Obovla 

A. R. Cl lfford 

~ M. A. G1raoh1ck - Dick Good (<suggested. bJ D. W. Ball eio G. A. Hedlund) 

A. J. Hof~ {connected vi th \he Wat '1 hrea\1 of S\8ndal"d•, ln\ereeted tn finlte ~ojeotlve planes) 

G1lber\ Bun\ 

- ll. ?>. Jamee 

Mark Sac I. llelnfeld (s-4ent of Bruckta• euggea\ed. bf Albert) 

-- B. W. lulm 

Jaok: Le.s.ne 

Robert J. Left\ 

Saunders MacLana 

•· E. Jlolee (has had relevant 'la.,al experience) 

Gordon Pall - w. A. Pierce (A.a•'' Prof .. s,racua• tm:s.versS.t7, euggeetad b7 .Albert, interested 1n fS.nt.te projectift 

planes) 

R. J. R19el' 

_._Lowell sahoenfeld 

- Jame• Stnger A. V. !uokel' 

S. M. 'Ulam 

J. YOB Neuman 

S. S. W11ka J. J. Wolf ( auggeded bF '!ompld.na for speo1al comput.ational 

c1.u\1ea) 

4. Some people don•\ like SCAMP as a name for t.he projeo\. Have 

you. 1U1o'ther name to proposel 

6. 1 feel that we should uae only people cleared up through 

eecret before the eeaat.on a\8.1"\B, tha'\ we should uae prtmari11 

\hose who can sta1 for the entire two mon'\h• of Jul.7 and 

Ango..e\, tbBugh eome who can•\ ata7 through mlgb.\ be d.eairabl• 

par\tcipan\a for aborter periods. 

OOT / 

Steven s. <SM.rna. 

03 - 2 -

Prof Cairns P s. As an afterthought, 1 wish to ask each of you for any opinions 

or inforr.i.ation ,.,hich will help -ie estuiate the amount of SWAC 

tiJlle to allow for in the budget. 

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