hose ote Cx fineMey ge8 Fs a y we Rag 8 hey i 4% This document consists of Copy No. J of 14 25 pages Series A Tey Segre EZ _ Date 42-475S toh {A PART Jit WEAPONS 1. The immediate objectives of the weapons program for ac- complishment during 1952 are to: i a. Construct and test a large-scale thermonuclear device in the Fall of 1952, b. Make the Mark 6 operable and begin stockpiling the Marks 5, 7, & and 9 fission weapons in the first half of 1952. ec. Complete the construction of and begin operating major new research, development, production and storage facilities. 2, wy In addition to these short-range goals, the weapons program will continue to proceed as rapidly as feasible in developing new fission weapon modeis, in improving the quality and performance of weapon components and incorporating improved camponents in the stockpile, and in conducting such full scale weapon deve lopment tests as may be required to further the weapons program. 3. The major events of the peried may be briefly mentioned here. Stockpiling of the Mark 6 weapon began in August 1951, but —~RESERICPER-BA-PA— This document contains restricted data as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, Its transmittal or the disclosure of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited. EVR) wef