= Ife the review of the listed shots by the General‘Advisory Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission results in any deletion from the list, it is requested that the Department of “ Defense be advised. -.. The proposed conduct of two or three underground shots at ‘the Nevada Test Site, subsequent to the HARDTACK series, is noted | with interest. Correspondence will be initiated, at a later date, by the Chief, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, . regarding the obtainment of needed weapons effects data through ‘participation on these shots by selected agencies of the Department of Defense, Sincerely yours, /s/ Herbert B. Loper Herbert B. Loper Chairman 4 -Honorable Lewis L. Strauss . Chairman -U.S, Atomic Energy Commission |

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