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SECURITY INFORMATION
UNITED STATES
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
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13 October 1952
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MEMORANDUM
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Kraker, Deputy Manager, SFOO
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SUBJECT:
SUMMARY OF LASL FULL-SCALE NUCLEAR TEST PROGRAMS
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1,
Enclosed herewith is a summary of the LASL full~scale
nuclear test programs and their most comspicuous results for
weapon development.
We have not included tests such as
CROSSROADS, JANGLE, TUMBLER, or others which have been sponsored
by the military for their own purposes.
2.
The deadline for the preparation of this summary -has
been such that
checking.
it has not been possible to subject it to detailed
For this reason and because the relevant numbers have
peen strongly rounded off in the
interests of simplicity,
the
data therein should not be used for purposes other than general
comparison or discussion.
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N. E, Bradbury
Director
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handle this document 45 .esase
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,
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