Show C 4 7 f Fi K t f r I to i t t. t f i iS Services S s' s Put Pt T Top Iop Se Secret t Label on New WASHINGTON Aug 26 UP IP The army and navy said Tuesday that construction and nd operations ns at the Sandia base near near- Albuquerque que N N. M M. are top secret under the atomic energy act pf f 1946 1916 The services made the statement statement state state- ment jointly In refusing to confirm con con- corl- corl firm or deny reports report published in inthe inthe inthe the Denser Denier Post that huge caverns caverns erns ems are being dug In a mountain range n near ear Albuquerque for atomic war defenses The Posts Post's copyrighted story described the he project as a 11 meas meas- ure The army and nd navy linked the cavern r report port wi with construction cUon at the highly secret Sandia base in this joint rele release se On Jul July 24 1947 the war and navy departments released information information information mation regarding the armed forces tip V rf i I L 1 0 if special weapon weapon on project In that In-that that I release It was stated that the principal fie field f i e 1 d installation installation or of ofA ofA A F S W P Is Sandia base located at t Albuquerque and operations s sat at this base fall lall In the category of restricted data under the atomic energy act of ot 1916 1946 and are also classified military information Therefore amplification of the quoted above statement is considered considered con con- undesirable Maj Gen Leslie R. R Groves Grove former former for for- mer chief of ot the army's annys Manhattan Manhat Manhat- tan engineer district which developed developed de de- the first atoms atom bombs commands tl the e new project |