‘ 7 / ww wn oy OF C Hf oe Gye. This deen ¢ HIT Seca Joy No LA ne of al. pages . ef sb Contes, Series AQ eo, “ UNITED STATES NERGY co MMISSION _ WARA - JakKj ATOMIC ENE 25, D.C, REPOSITORY JAG REC SECKE FARIAT WASHINGTON , (GS 1-~ 3 OF CLASSIFIECO BOX No. Hof FOLDER = Ce WAN 41 1954 ‘ -% CASTLE aumcinceren ‘ U.S. iets Dear Mr. President: | OB Dt ASge py; a-& a ‘ ew Ke COLLECTION Le gp gi - = reslam4 Document no,tat 2A S/SA. an 4AZ/3 This letter is written to obtain approval for executing the fullscale atomic test program planned to begin on March 1, 195h, and scheduled to extend through April 195), at the Pacific Proving Grounds. CASTII, the code name assigned to the operation, has | been planned in coordination with the Department of Defense and | | ‘that agency has designated Joint Task Force SEVEN to support the | Atomic Iknergy Commission in the execution of the test. The Department of Defense has coordinated with the Atomic Energy Commission in formulating a weapons effects vrogram which will be executed in conjunction with the test series. It is plamed i to detonate not more than seven shots in the CASTLE series. ars ho4h ii ~ Ne, f 3 : - | —4di 2 BSS3 | , Boga | pass | A ON, oF| mY. ee akg et Ne oe By Bogs he 8 fat Bo ra an The President The White House . . AATTIOEe i eK OTT thane CRS 1 i i 4i j ‘ ta 1 3 ‘i to qu une 7 i . r? marae eancesrl 5 a ;zg i Ate WITHOUT & soeaneGF

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