i i 1.2.6) { 1.3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE The Joint Chiefs of Staff on July 8, 1955, approved the incorporation of a military effects program in Operation Redwing, including a special “~ yield; and the Secretary of Defense was requested to seek Presidential 2 effects test of an air-delivered thermonuclear weapon of approximately approval for the expenditure of a C {complete with nuclear components, from the national stockpile for this specific purpose. The Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 24, 1953, approved the followinz policy relative to ficld tests of atomic devices and weapons: - 22 - i .

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