In referring to
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this wessage from Bradbury, Harold Brown sent a essays wv
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Starbird on 31 May in whica, among other thing, he agreed that LASL would fumisa
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devices and Sandia would develop
and supply the clack box.
Furtner, Liveriore
agrees
that the best way to get assurance that a seismic device oas not malfunctioned is make an
Alpha measurement but “the technical difficulty is that this does not tell the yicld
within any reasonable factor to someone who does not iinow the
Tie Soviets would then merely be
cesicn of the device.
taking our word for the yield, unless one of tie
other techniques of yield was used as well."
propozanda advantadses for the Soviets.
This could have oovious detrgental
Thus, Livermore feels tiat an additional
measument technique, such as radial chemistry or shock tine oi arrival in polyethylene
block be performed also.
The details of how this would be done and in which cases it
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could best apply are dAscussed.
Messages between DMA, ALOO and the Labs in the latter half of May
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indicate
that specifics are being laid out for the packages to be used for the seismic
detection program and responsibilities are being assigned for procurement,
fabrication, storage, etc.
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A 17 May message from Starbird to ALOO gives some
details of the requirements for packaging of the capsules and assembly and
shipment.
The device must be in two or more packages, utilizing the black box
concept and the black boxes including their contents must be at the storage
location by 1 August 60. The storage requirements include closed storage up to
five years.
The reply from Hancock of ALOO on 24 May notes discussions with
the Laboratories to try to meet the criteria set forth and estimates of the work
involved and the cost.
Herein ia request for the immediate authorization for
production and authority to obligate funds from test underrun for Sandia Corporation
procurement, as well as approval to proceed with procurement pending tne completion
of the Sandia report and authority toowithdraw the necessary warheads plus spare
sevens from the stockpile.
Farther correspondence from Starbird to Hertford on
2 June authorizes gsertain actions such as the withdrawel from stockpile of 34
MARK VII'S and 3 MARK 25'S.
The schedule remains the same with all devices at
the storage location not later than 1 August and a tentative firing schedule
showed the first two shots
required on 1 September 1960 and 15 October 1960.