EST /J. BLIStlMENTa RELATED FILES SHOWN ON INSIDE OF COVER FORMER <'A ~ I PAPERS, o/'ff O'"' I Referred to Initials & Date Referred to anC:f Date lnltlals & Date SUBSEQUENT Referred to INSTRUCTIONS: (i) EACH PAPER ATTACHED TO A FILE IS TO BE GIVEN A CONSECUTIVE FOLIO NUMBER BY THE ATIACHING OFFICER. PAPERS MUST NOT BE REMOVED FROM FILES WITHOUT THE CONCURRENCE OF THE REGISTRY. (ii) MARKINGS1 (a) The Folio on which action Is required will be indicated in column (1) above. Column (2) will show to whom the file is referred. (b) When a folio is cleared, the adion officer will initial and date column (3). If the file is to be referred to another officer, the folio number and the officer concerned should be indicated on the next vacant line. (c) To re-submit the file at a later date, the relevant folio and the "R (date)" are to be entered in columns (1) and (2) respectively. Registry will complete Column (3) when lhe file is brought forward (or on prior cancel lation of tbe marking). (d) If the file may be put away the endorsement "P' A" will be made in Column (2). RegistrY, will complete Columns (1) and (3) on examination of the file. (iii) FILES ARE NOT TO BE ENDORSED "P' A" UNTIL ALL ACTION THERE ON HAS BEEN COMPLETED. Initials & Date RELATED FILES' -... IMPORTANT-Should this file be passed to another officer without passing to Registry, the attached slip must be completed, detached and forwarded to the TO: 0.1.C. REGISTRY. has been passed direct to TO= 0.1.C. REGISTRY. has been passed d I rect to National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia S-..E-MlACTIVE STORAGE ~/!, '!41 Na ior al Arc ives o /\L C'.) aha Depertment of Defence I ntrOduced Dec: 10 DoWNGRADING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS PART 1 -REQUEST FOR DOWNGRADING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMEN . 1. The document/s listed below are considered to be overclassified 1nd it is requested that their classification be reviewed. 2. If downgrading/declassification is agreed, please state new classification in column (g); otherwise insert 'Nil Change'. The classification/s or other marking/s considered appropriate are shown in column (f) below . Serial Reference No Description, eg letter, Present Proposed Revised report, file etc Classification Classification Classification UllJCc!J-5 DEFINITlqN$ OF SECURITY CLASSIF,CATION 1. TOP SECRET .: Official matter the unauthorised disclosure of which would cause EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE ." DAMAGE to National Security. To be used with the utmost restraint . CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED ~-Qfficiai mattt?_r the unauthorised disclosure of which could be expected to cause SERIOUS --~:.fJAMAGE ~'? National Security. To be sparingly used. . _Offici\11."matter the unauthorised disclosure of which could be expected to cause DAMAGE 10 National Security. Most National Security matter will merit classification no higher than CONFIDENTlAL Official matter the unauthorised disclosure of which could be HARMFUL to National Security . The 'privacy' or 'coverjng' marking system should be used rather than a security classification if official matter requires protction for reasons of administrative privacy rather than National Security . PART 2 - AUTHORITY TO DOWNGRADE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS (}lt/CC-ffsrr p~@ .. . /Ji,( 1. Please note that the document/s listed above should now be graded as shown in column (g) above. 2. Other addressees of the document/s listed above have been informed of the revised classification. National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia ~f v-el~ \..J o Vl c ~ National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia TO: O.I. C./CENTRAL REGISTRY DOWN-GRADING OF CLASSIFIED FILE am s atisfied that the classifie I herevri th has been examined and I papers therein -folios no longer warrant their original classifications. 2 . I recomn1end, t herefore, that tl1e file be redi..tced in classification from ~e.c..r ~:\ to \,.,c.\ ed . Secretary, Security Reclassification Committee, Building 120, CONTRACTORS AREA. SUPERII\TTErIDENT Referred for necessarJ action. O.I.C./CENTRAL REGISTRY National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia f-: 0 T\l Fl lJ E f'lTl AL INTERNAL MEMORANDUM TO DI R3CI'OR, FROM (Branch or Establishment) ESi'P.BLI8F.utl R.~SZARC:-~ /~i.:D D.ZV ~.LJv?i.IETTT DEPARTMENT O F SUPPLY YOUR FILE No. O UR FILE No. FOR ENQUI RIES ltEFflt TO ~ :. ~l consider ht-s s .:-rveC: notice t~1at it :1a.... .LO fu t";V:c~ .i:e ten 0 s for V L :..vtlS tasks r-.ecs -~,,... r b _ _Lo_" . ..., t:-:.e rtt1nge i S c:..o._:-aC: c-r re- orie.i ted to ot".-_ _. I t !8 .~t will decide thrt Br t) de:Jart, . rJ.d the:.: a v!il_ J .:; ._:.~ ai.:. Austrc.li n e Cfficr t~v Range. B d t~is LS 'iec ... _.Led. No ..:r_ t,ry v ~om1el r.12 T, ) ese1rt e.:rort bti_t t:1e 1"'e is t11e !Jee a cc e st:? .:. a.ny cv..ret;:Jrer. \;..,rrr~.'C1ge ie Ll lJ, pro .Jer 1 .... 0f course tl:e co.:ts of t l1e c;'.1.ret.:..ker tet' c:1arge to Joi 1-i:: :-ro ~ L.Ct o Are1: , as awai rl6 t:1e ;.G c e1 t 2 to r.ro c e ed Jc o tl1e caretcker arra1 ...... P . lJ' sl!u~. ~ c-0lis'ied i;-~ou.t11 proposal I vvould sug._,c:;.. v t'1at i;b.e :-:;u.J::c._....ciate o~ r.o.: .., .. :-;_ c 1\lar .... linga i n the near :u.ture ... ~ e-:;t .- . v'!Jith the . ~e Cornmander , Lt. Col . A . R . Gorc..c _"oL ..... 1 .... _ sr~;a.r_is:.:iti "' I v1oul d 8.j,J~)reci~',te .. dvice of yov...r vie\'v.:i o .. t: foregoing. National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia INTERNAL MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY llcGISTRY USE ON Y CHIEP ADl~IiITSTR:.TIVE OFFICER, l~EAPO_JS RESEARCH ~'STABLIS_HT!i~.:T, SAI.ISBURY, S.A. OUR fllE No FROM (Br anch or Establishment) FOR ENQUIRIES REFER TO K. r.1 cKno1m BKt FINANCE BRANCH YOUR REl'ERENCE POST OFFICE ACCOM'~ODATION I N CO~"ll\10N1!EALTH-0\'11~D AND LEASED BUI1 Dil.GS. REFER:.;,.CE : :.!Y C. 31.1. 2 OF 27TH JJ\l!UARY, 19650 vlould you kindly advise l-1hetber the Department of Interior has assessed rentals for buildir1gs used by the Postmaster-General Department a t ~'1oomera., Woomera .vest and .1a.ra.linga.. ~(a.s. Mcr:.TY'lE), Assistant Secretary (Fin~nce). ORIGINAL PAPERS-I ON FIL r o /7 ;,i3{b National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia INTERNAL MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY REGISTRY USC ONl Y Chief Admi nistrative Officer, \4Jea'1ons Research Establishment, SALISBURY. S . A . OUR FILE No FOil ENQUIRIES REFER TO (Branc h or E::-tablishmcn I) K .1v1a rtin. FINANCE BRA1~CH. } 01.I R REF EREiVCE POST OFii'ICc; ACC011 ~10D.hTIOl\I I N COivuiONlti EALTH Qi/Nli:D AND .LEASED BUlL IllGS . .;------'}( It would be appreciated if you would advise whether the Department of Interior has assessed an adequate rental charge for the occupancy of Suppl; building s at Woomera and Woomera West and for buildings utilised for postal services at Maralinga. for ( 1 ~.cK.NOvJN) A/g . ASSISTANT S~CR~TARY ( FINANCEl ll Gt8Tr: National Archives of Australia INTERNAL MEMORANDUM TO CHIEF ADMINISTR.t\TIVE OFFICER, 1vEAPONS RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, SALISBURY. S.A. FROM (Brauch or E1tabll1hmeot) FINANCE BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY REGISTRY USE ONLY OUR FILE No. fOR ENQUIRIES REFER TO YOUR REFERENCE POST OFFICE ACCOl'1MODATION IN COM110N1VEALTH OWNED AND LEASED BUILDINGS In December last, we received a communication from the Commonwealth Treasury in regard to a Cabinet direction that the Post Office, as a business undertaking, \-1as to bear the full commercial cost of providing Post Office services. The extract from that communication is as follows:- "We realise that difficulties may arise in assessing rents acceptable to both the Post Office and yourselves. Ho'\Jtever, subject to this aspect '"'e propose that rental and other costs be charged as from the lst Jul) ... , 1965." Will you please arrange \Tith Departn1ent of the Interior to advise what would be an adequate rental charge to the Post Office for its occupahcy of Department of Supply buildings at Woomera and Woomera West and for the building/s utilised for postal services at ..lB.ralinga. (R. S. ~fcINTYRE) ASS STANT SECRETARY (FINANCE). 0 iGINAL PAP S National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia TELEPHONE: 32 0261 TELEGRAMS: "~UPDEP." MELBOURNE. POS DRESS: BOX 2288 U . G . . , MELBOURNE. Hond of Statr, COMMONWEAl-TH Of' AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY 330 SWANSTON STREET, MELBOURNE, C. t, t.fl~TEOI~OLOGICAl, SERVICES -?-1ARitLINQA & GILES The Metco1"olo1~1cnl stations 'lt 1.-iaralinea and Giles wore established initially to provide data required in connection v1th t he U.K. Atomic Tests in Australia. - vJhilst tha::;o t c 2;t:; :lro no longer conducted the two stations ra!~ain op~rn.ttvc} pr.Jvi~t t~g 1nf orm--...t1on needed by Woomera and supplementing t h o overall Mctooroloe i oal Bureau system. In addition they hav o special npplicntion to aircraft required to operate into or from eithor location. In or:1e.L t o reduce expenditures soma thought has been given to tl1e pos~1b1lity or clos1nc either the ?iaralinga or the Gilc g statjonr. t le fcr reer f or part or each year, the la.ttc~r po s ..,ibl~-Ot'>r:rplat ol y . Hoti4evor, correspondence on tho stlhjcct makos 1t clear tl1at the needs or the u.K., or . w. R.E., a nd of the Mctcoroloeical Bureau, cannot be determined in- dependently, but could probably be resolved by holding a mooting or intorestad pnrtios to assess these needs including tho division of costs, manpower and equipment It ia theretora propoted that at a date to be determined, but not e arlier than mid -Fobruary 1964 - representatives or the following should meot in Melbourne to disouss tho whol e quoFit 1on : - Dr 1 ti~h D~fencc Research Supply Staff liesa,-irct1 & Development Branch \'Jeapons I\e~o~rch E::;t:ibliohment Burenu oi' l;Iot oorology AttachGd for 1ni*ormnt1on i s a copy or a memorandum from the Director, Bureau or Mateoroloey, and the comments or Director, W.R.~. . . Will you k1ndly~om1natc A repr e sent ative who may be contacted d 1rect trh~n t. c dat.e or the meeting is f i~m tor (J.L. c.c. Director ORIGINAL PAPE file SA5399/1/1 refers for (J .L. KNOTT) p e c r e t a r x National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia NAA: A6456, R029/284 U; CLA881FIED CilIT3F SCIE'N'J.'IS'l' . a?EArO}iS RESEARCII ESTABLISITMERT n.w. Dom7oll, x101 13th Decomber, 1963. GILES l.U!.'"TECROLOGICAL STATION Tho letter rroo:i the4irector of ?.lotoorolo.;y nttachod to your memorandum oi' tt.o 26th November very adoquntoly 01xmo up tl10 vcluo or Gilco ~:J for as tho Ectnbliohmcnt ia concornod, and I rrould merely liko to add tlh~t tho wo~ther factor which t;ould ncroally }Jr cvcnt trials boing carried out nt ',Yoomera. io tho proaonce or oloud, ~nd that the most offoctivo mothod. of forocnctin,:; tbio in through the radio some rnoaourcmenta made nt Ciloa and ralill[Stl I .. ,ould feel that Giloo ia n ncccosa...-y adjunct both to tha Co:m.1onr;onl th t!eteorolocical Servico and to ourool ves and tho ttrl)U":lont +o~lly r evolvoo a.round tl10 question of the allocntion of contG. In thin r or;nrd on a rocont inopoction or Gtleo it n~o vary app~.rcnt that the teohnic~l support or Giles in cocrnunica ~icnn nc.visational nids rutd wincl rirldine rtldar could moro appropr i ntoly coma :Crom the Et;tablialll'Dont whcreaa rndio sond.oa should rcr10.in a tcchnionl rooponsibili ty of the metoorolo[;iC{l.l offico. The appropriate divizion of coat could well bo that the J.P. could be rosponoiblo ror tho ganoral administrative GUpport and technical provicion and supportin tho fioldo montionod cbovo, while the ~atoorolot;ical office provido staff and all radio soncle equipment (SGo,) . R~ W. BOSWELL ORIG! A.L PAPERS, National Archives OT~ustt afia National Archives of Australia NAA: A6456, R029/284 INTERNAL MEMORANDUM DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY TO DIRECTOR vlEAPOI~S RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT SA:SIGBURY. S.A. FROM (Branch or Establishment) RESEARCH.AND DEVELOPMElfr YOUR Fil Ho. OUR FILE Ho. FOR ENQUIRIES REff.R TO GILES l,1ETF.OROI.OG ICAL STATION On 3l st October t he Director of the Bureau of .1eteorology 11as r equested to comment on the effects of closure o 7 Giles Met eorological Station, should this action be taken a s a n economy measure . A copy of the memorandum wa s referred to you for comment. Atta ched is B. copy of a reply received from the Bureau of Meteorology, which ind