~ BFANDARO FORM No. 64 t. a 7:feUB ht ee Lf le { Office Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVE NMENT ro Brig. Gen. Alfred D, Starbird, Director : DATE: “January2, 1958 Cg Division of Military spseee ° FROM pou B, McCool, secrered §bu tom ose susyect,/ ° as 408856 COMMISSION DECISION ON AEC 952/28 - OPERATION HARDTACK TEST PROGRAM, AND AEC 952/29 - ADDENDUM TO AEC 952/28 SYMBOL: SECY: RVW a, Approved the revised HARDTACK test program'as contained. — ++ db. Approved conducting Operation MILLRACE, consisting of ‘some 4 underground nuclear tests as indicated in Appendix "A" to AEC 952/28, as revised, in fall 1958 at the Nevada Test Site; c. Approved conducting some ten one-point safety tests’ at. NTS FOLDER MRA 7 coection £6 Zot REPOSITORY - in Appendix "A", and as revised by the recommendation of AEC: 952/295, pe. sox no, J¢2 (NN3- 326 y 1, This will confirm our telephone notification to your office on ~~ “ee 23, that at Meeting 1325 on January 22, the Commission: po yt in 1958; d. Approved the expenditure of special nuclear materials up. to: a the amounts given in Appendix "B" to AEC 952/28, for, the HARDTACK . . and MILLRACE tests and for the one-point safety tests at NTS} e. Noted that the list of shots and their objectives, for.‘the HARDTACK and MILLRACE tests and forthe one-point safety tests.‘at’ NTS, will be submitted to the President by letter such as that in. Appendix "CG" to AEC 952/28,as revised. This letter also requests :' authority to expend the special nuclear materials required for “these” tests; . . £. Noted that the Department of Defense will be informed of. the. 2 approved te test program by letter to the Military Liaison Committee such as that in Appendix "D" to AEC 952/28, as revised; . . “ge Noted that the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. will- be. infornad of the approved test program by letter such as that in Appendix "E", °°. to AEC 952/28, as revised, after receiving Presidential authorization Ot to expend the necessary special nuclear materials; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW ST REVIEW-DATE:0 2ND REVIEW-DATE: AUTHORITY: AD NAME: DETERMINATION [C'RCLE NUMBER(S)] 7 > 1. CLASSIFICATION KETAINCD 2. CLASSIFICATION CHANGED TO: &, . 3. CONIAINS. NO 15. CLASSIFIED IFO BCOORDINATE WITH CLASSIFICATION CANCLLLEO 6.CLASSIFIED INFU BRACKETED 7. OTHER (SPECIFY): This m an?

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