ge" three thermonuclear weapons by types, indicate they were different sizes and below a certain weight, and indicate that the smallest was below a certain diameter. pv ie ( Mr. Libby said that if the recommended deletions were made, the oe J ft VF |" u" ‘ 2 jl? DOD reports would not be useful enough to serve the DOD's purposes. 66 Therefore, he said he believed it would be more practical to stand on the |" Commission's previous decision not to permit transmission of any infor\ mation, Mr, Murray expressed his agreement with Mr. Libby on this point, Mr. Murray said he believed that the DOD's desire to make U.K. aircraft compatible with U.S. thermonuclear weapons indicated that the DOD anticipated giving them weapons. Mr. von Neumann stated that he assumed the DOD proposal had been made in order that British airplanes might be used to deliver U.S, thermonuclear weapons in case of war. Mr. Murray replied that if this were sa he believed the DOD should take steps to have the Atomic Energy Act amended in order to permit transfer of thermonuclear weapons in case of a war rather than attempting to do this by interpretation of the present law, After further discussion, Mr. von Neumann proposed, and the other Commissioners agreed, that AEC 781/18 should be deferred until an evaluation of technical information on the recent U.S.S.R. tests hadbeen received, 4, AEC 787/7 - Non-Technical Photography for REDWING The Commission briefly discussed the recommended scope of the non-technical photography for Cperation REDWING and Colonel Schnittke commented on the problem of producing a separate unclassified documentary motion picture for public release. Mr, Murray said that the preparation of an unclassified motion picture would be an opportunity to present to the public a clear picture of the magnitude of a thermonuclear explosion, and he believed that the expense of px oducing such an unclassified motion picture of REDWING was certainly justified. - 811 -