Mr, Strauss said that he was under the clear impression that the letter had the concurrence of all the Commissioners before it was dispatched and he was greatly disturbed to learn that this apparently wae not the case, Mr, Smyth pointed out that the letter had not been considered by the Commissioners as a group and that he had objected to the paragraph under discussion, 8, Clearance Cas6e 1/ The Chairman reported on the visit Messrs, Garrison and Marks had made to his office on February 1, The Commissioners then discussed various aspects of the pending clearance case, particularly with reference to the paragraph of the letter of December 23, 1953, regarding the thermonuclear program, and the possibility of eliminating that paragraph,* With reference to the paragraph in question, Mr. Zuckert observed that although he had objected to the particular wording of this statement of derogatory information, the issue had been raised and once having been raised it must be resolved, Mr, Strauss said that he was under the clear impression that the letter had the concurrence of all the Commissioners before it was dispatched and he was disturbed to learn that this apparently was not the case, Mr, Smyth pointed out that the letter had not been considered by the Commissioners in a regular meeting and that he objected to the paragraph under discussion, i/ This version of Section 8 was proposed by Chairman Strause, *This letter was circulated in turn to the Commissioners prior to Meeting + 749 on December 23, 1953. Frum -41- etry A GSF