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eg. Noted that the requirements for expenditure of
nuclear materials for the HARDTACK tests would be
presented to the Commission as soon as possible;
and that Presidential authorization for expenditure
of the nuclear materials required would be requested
after Commission approval of the amounts required;
h. Noted that the General Advisory Committee would
be briefed on the HARDTACK program during their visit
to Los Alamos on November 21-23, and their comments
would be transmitted to the Commission,
3. On November 13,* the Military Liaison Committee was
informed by letter of our plans for HARDTACK, and their comments
on and assurance of DOD support for the operation were requested,
The MLC reply of November 22 (AEC 952/22) assured appropriate
support by the DOD and commented that such assurance was understood not to preclude further consideration and recommendations
by the DOD as to the contents of the test program,
4, On November 23,* the President was informed by letter
of our plans for HARDTACK, and Was advised that a listing of
the shots planned, their individual objectives, and the amounts
of nuclear materials concerned would be submitted in January.
He Was also informed that there would be a continual and further
review, particularly from the technical point of view,
of the
necessity for each shot, and that this review would include an
examination by the General Advisory Committee of the scientific
necessity for the laboratories! exploratory and developmental
tests,
On December 3, the President signed the
letter of
November 23, indicating approval of the plans for testing.
5. The schedule for tests during Calendar Year 1958 is
contained in Appendix "A" and differs somewhat from the program
given in Appendix "B" of AEC 952/19.
Certain shots have been
deleted and certain ones added, principally in connection with
the acceleration of the POLARIS missile
pro
*Copy on file in Office of the
Secretary.
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