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CONTRACTUAL HISTORY 



The work done on Project Cirrus and the activities leading up to 

 it were covered by several contracts with the government. 



The two research projects, involving first the work on gas masks 

 and smoke filters and then the work on smoke generators, extended over 

 a period from October 1940 through February 1944. This work was done 

 under two contracts (NDCrc-104 and OEMsr-131) with the Office of 

 Scientific Research and Development. 



From October 1943 through June 1946, precipitation static research 

 was carried on under Signal Corps contract W33-106-sc-65 and, subse- 

 quently, under Air Force contracts W33-038-AC-9151 and W33-038-AC -15801. 



The meteorological research which became Project Cirrus, was 

 supported for a time by the General Electric Company. In February 1947, 

 the first of three Signal Corps contracts (W36-039-sc-32427, W36-039-SC- 

 38141, and DA36-039-SC-15345) was signed. The last of these remained 

 in force until the end of September 1952. 



ORGANIZATION 



The over -all direction of the project and the formation of broad 

 matters of policy were entrusted to a Steering Committee, consisting 

 of representatives of the three military branches of the government co- 

 operating in the project. Dr. Irving Langmuir and Dr. Vincent J. Schaefer 

 of the Research Laboratory served as consultants on the committee. The 

 military personnel was as follows: 



Signal Corps . Dr. Michael J. Ference, Jr., chief, meteor- 

 ological branch, Evans Signal Laboratory, 

 Eelmar, N. J, His alternate was Dr. C, J. 

 Brasefield of the same unit of Eelmar. 



Navy. E.G. Droessler, geophysical branch, Office 



of Naval Res., Navy Department, Washington. 

 His alternate was Commander R. A. Chandler. 



