oem — to do its part in maintaining the level of this important program. (Appendix C, item 3b) Oo In connection with the Castle tests, Dr. Libby again raised his Barge Shots strong objections to tne any more raft shots util more was known abou what happened to the we debris, His belief was that, in contrast to” shots in which a large mass of coral was blow up and could scavenge the debris cloud through near-by fall-out, the water, blown up in’ a raft shot | .. “SRF might not act to scavenge the cloud, Hence, there“night bea much greatel danger of distant contamination in the case of barge shots, Dr. Rabi attacked this thesis as implausible and unproved; and a vigorous argument developed, Since sufficient data were not available, the disagreement remained unresolved. Some doubt was expressed, however, that scavenging by coral could remove more than a small fraction of the radioactive a“ debris, *S , Ts Lo . a : . Mr, Tomei was excused from the meeting at 3:5 p.m; a . . Dr. Rabi told the Committee about the letter viich he hi had written to Mr, Strauss on February 23,> 195h, and read a copy of ‘the letter. He also reviewed subsequent events bearing on the subject of the letter, At 3:55 p.m. Dr. von Neumann returned, . DOE ARCHIVES In connection with Mr. Strauss's interest in enlisting scientists International Meeting behind the UN's proposal, Dr, Rabi mentioned a suggestion which he had made to Mr, Strauss along this line. The. suggestion was to hold an un- classified international scientific meeting on atomic energy, the meeting to be held under the auspices of the National Science Foundation or the National Academy. of Sciences, The. location would perhaps be outside the _. (56-..