MILITARY POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING Dec 10 1942 OCG Files Gen Correa MP Files Folder 23 Tab A S MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMrr rEE DECEMBER 10 1942 Decisions l The draft of the memorandum to the Presidat Will be gone over by Dr Bush and General Groves with a view to showing the reasons for the changes between the previous report and this one 2 General Groves will arrange for the construction of a 4600 unit diffusion plant it being understood that the Kellogg Company will do the engineering and the operator will be selected later 3 The Chicago method will be carried forward full blast it being understood that a new plant site will have to be selected in an iso1ated area but near power and water 4 The eictromagnetic pla nt will be carried on on the basis of a 500 tank unit in order to get the earliest possible production of aterial even though it may be in small quantities · 5 Steps will be continued in our effort to secure information with respect to progress in Germany This will be handled through Dr Conant and Admiral Purnell 6 Dr Conant will arrange to invite urgingly two of the top English physicists to come over to this country for a discussion with Oppenheimer and our other theoretical people PRESENT Dr Bush Dr Conant Admiral Purnell Major General Styer Brigadier General Groves s LR G L R GROVES Brigadier General D E i i CLASSIFIED Authority t 030 75