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MEMORANDUM FOR:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
SUBJECT:
Request for Presidential
Approval of UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
REFERENCE:
Memo for Secretaries of State and
Defense from Executive Secretary,
NSC, same subject, dated February 17,
195)
ary 20,
Pursuant to approval, as of Febru-
1953, by the Special Committee of the National
Security Council on Atomic Energy, the recommendation
contained in the last paragraph of the enclosure to the
reference memorandum was submitted to the President for
consideration.
The President has this date approved
the recommendation referred to above.
&. EVERETT GLEASOR
Acting Executive Secretary
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February 21, 1953