oN ; ss wb + pew WT Oe ae Ry eS Dr, Libby raised a question whether Los Alamos should be criticizec for being too conservative,’ He felt that its development program has been dominated by theoretical physicists, and that bolder experimentatic would be inorder, Would not the emergency capability have been achieve sooner and better if wt a Ce . bfad been shot at the time of Mike? Dr. von: Neumann observed that the design ofBBBezepended on the outcome of Mike He also remarked on ‘the quality ofWoldness in the Livermore approach, and said that if their experiments were successful they would continue to be bold, if unsuccessful no one would dareto be quite so bold, At 11:30 a.m, the Committee met with Dr. Sayth, Mr, Murray, Mr. Heeting Zuckert, and Mr, Nichols. Mr, Strauss arrived later. with the Commis- -excused from the meeting. cioners and General Manager Mr, Tomei was Dr. Rabi asked whether the suggestion that Brookhaven be devoted entirely to unclassified research was a serious one 3 and expressed the rather unfavorable initial reaction of the Committee. ‘Dr. Smyth replied BNL Entirely Unclas- that he had made the suggestion for discussion, ‘to ‘explore whether this sified? might be a way to handle the difficult problem of foreign participation. He rephrased the question: if one were faced with the alternatives of this step or of excluding all foreigners, which would be preferable? Dr Rabi said that the reaction of the Laboratory should certainly be ascerteined and considered before a judgment was expressed. Dr. Smyth indicated that the matter need not be further considsred at present, but might come up again, Policy on Aliens . RCHIVES Dr. Rabi next acknowledged receipt of the poiDOBAR on aliens, AEC 89/3. He mentioned that there had been considerable difficulty at