RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MILITARY LIAISON COMMITTEE

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P, O, BOX 1814

WASHINGTON 25, D,. C.

IN REPLY REFER TO:
20087
January 22, 1957
Dear Mr, Strauss:

Inclosed is memorandum from the Chief, AFOAT-1, Office for
Atomie Energy, DCS/O, U, S. Air Force, concerning the release to
the United Kingdom of Restricted Data information to be derived
from the United Kingdom atomic weapon trials scheduled for the

spring 1957.

The information which relates to design or

fabrication of atomic weapons as covered in paragraphs 3 and 4 of

the attached memorandum has not been jointly determined by the
Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense to be

releasable pursuant to Seetion i44b of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954
The Restricted Data information proposed for release does

clearly fall within the scope of the items listed in the

Intelligence Supplement of the Atomic Information Exchange Guide.
The Department of Defense, in accordance with provisions of

Section 1444p of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, determined on 25

September that the transmission of information relating to.
Gesign or fabrication of atomic weapons as covered in the
Intelligence Supplement, then referred to as Intelligence
Annex to the Joint AEC-DOD Information Exchange Guide, would nov
reveal important information concerning tne design or fabrica+
tion of the nuclear components of an atomic weapon, The Atomic
Energy Commission was requested to Join with the Department of
Defense in this determination in letter to you from Major

General John S. Mills on 26 September 1956.

‘Therefore, the

Department of Defense has made the required determination in
accordance with Section l44b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
for the release of the Restricted Data information covered in
the attached memorandum,
Early action by the Atomic Energy Commission on the Atomic

Information Exchange Guide as requested in my letter to you on
19 December is highly desirable.

However,

to proceed with plans

discussed in the attached memorandum, either the determination
requested in letter to you of 26 September, mentioned above or

separate action on the information covered in the attached
memorandum is required as a matter of priority.
The former

determination would be more beneficial,
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‘This documesit: contains res) Steted data as
defined in thesAtomie-rnergy Act of 1954,

Its transmittakee?r the disclosure of its
contents in a@ny manner to an unauthorized

person is prohibited,

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