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WEAPONS
1.
The immediate objectives of the weapons program for ac-
complishment during 1952 are to:
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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.
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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
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Its transmittal or the disclosure of its
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