1.
Observers
for REDWING
M.r. Strauss said the Administration
allow foreign observers
to attend Operation
those foreign military observers
sponsored
2.
Awards
to A. Tammaro
had decided not to
REDWING except for
by the DOD.
and E. J. Bloch
and h r. E. J. Bloch,
Mr. Strauss presented to Mr. A. Tammaro
National Civil Service League Merit Citations in recognition of their
outstanding careers
in public service.
At this point Iv.r. Vance
3.
left the meeting.
Mionthly Report
a.
Operations
Analysis
Mr. Quackenboss
said that the Jffic e of Operations
Analysis
had examined the question of whether U.S. long
range U-2 35 and plutonium production planning is influenced by the possibility
that the weapons stockpile may
never be used, He said that on the basis of the study to
date, this possibility
doe6 appear to have some inf Iuence
on long range production planning.
However, he said the
likelihood that the U.S. may never have to use its weapons
stockpile for military purposes appears not to have influenced the size of the stockpile requirement:
b.
International
Affairs
Mr. Gardner reported t@at the proposed ameadrnent
for the
to the bilateral
agreement with the U.K. prov$~~
transfer of special nuclear material is nQW he~g considered
by the Department
of State. (See A EC .7@3/16.) Mr. Strauss
ref exred to the forthcoming
visit of Sir Edwin Plowden and
x~~ue steal that arrangements
be made for his tour to certain
AEC installa~ons.
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