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oe wn seve petparaeiuils wlis De reviewed by the
committee, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau
of the Budget.
The President has decided that
(a) No FY 63 budget proposals for the
financing of test preparations will be made public.
(b) FY 62 expenditures
will be financed by use of the emergency funds, with a
supplemental request
to be made as necessary."
On 15 November Gen. Betts sent a memorandum to Chairman Seaborg on the subject
of theavailability of sampling aircraft.
In part the letter states that it
is felt that there is sufficient BS7 aircraft with the low altitude capability
to meet those needs.
However, the BS7D aircraft which are the only available
Sampler aircraft to meet our high altitude sampling needs are in a marginal
status as to the number of aircraft to meet our requirements.
There are in
fact 4 BS7D's available to the AEC but in fact only 3 of these are useable.
There are 13 other B57D's in the Air Force inventory and the following is
true of these:
'4 are assigned to the Air Defense Command for a high priority
mission, 6 are in Europe extensively modified for a high priority mission
there, and 3 are assigned to the Air Force Systems Command. The 3 assigned
to Systéms Command might be available, providing they. have not been modified
to the extent they are unsuitable for sampling purposes.
A determination
would have to be made, of course, of the relative priority Our mission vs.
that to which they are assigned in the event we require more than the 3
BS7D's now on hand.'' It is thus clear that there is some question as of
November 15 as to the readiness of the Air Force to meet the AEC's atmospheric
test sampling needs.
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A 16 no! message from Newman to Sanders at the NTS gives the specific LASL NQ
Reesoy
vertical hole work required through the completion of Ivanhoe.
Newman requests that
authority be confirmed for design and construction of 21 holes in Area 3 and 1 in
Area 4 ranging to a depth of 2500 ft.; as well as 1 6000 ft. hole in Area 15 (UL5E).
Moreover, 2 1600 ft. vertical holes and 2 1200 vertical holes with drifts at the
bottom are to be designed and constructed for Ivanhoe and these are designated U3BB
through U3BE.
Newman emphasizes how tentative these projections are.
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