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the first detonation will be set after UPSHOTKNOTHOLE when the rate of development of the models
to be tested is established.
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the rate of progress on Atomic Energy Commission
support activities will be brought generally into
phase with that of the Task Force preparations and.
set so that the site can support the earliest
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one large detonation site will be prepared for Fall
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expectations while completion of the balance of
preparations will be programmed for February 1954."
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