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$64 QUESTION. Rear Admiral W. S. Parsons, 

 Deputy Task Force Commander for Technical Di- 

 rection, clarifies a press conference query at a 

 typical pre-Bikini session In Washington. At the 

 table, left to right: Colonel T. J. Betts, Assistant 

 Chief of Staff for Intelligence; Commodore J. A. 

 Snackenberg, Chief of Staff; Rear Admiral T. A. 



Solberg, Director of Ship Material; and Dr. R. A. 

 Sawyer, civilian scientist and Technical Director. 

 Extreme right: rear row, Commander Roger Re- 

 velle, in charge of oceanographic and wave motion 

 studies. Standing: Colonel Stafford E. Warren, 

 Radiological Safety Adviser, and Lt. Colonel J. A. 

 Derry of the Manhattan Engineer District. 



