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A 16 November TWX from Betts to Foster notes that as for the DOD
ASROC.
tests, Sandia has provided a technical advisor for the ATLAS and
POLARIS and
operations and DMA has provided Mr. D. M. Olson to cover the
ASROC operations.
ility of an
A TWX from Graves +o Betts on 16 November notes that the possib
induced tsunami
in Hawaii
in case of an accidental
CC Li
surface burst should be
ions.
added as a safety consideration in connection with off-Hilo operat
On 16 Nobembegr »
Reser
requirement
Headquarters. Air Force asked for an updated firm
from the AEC Users for the various types of B-57 aircraft,
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since the C and E models at Warner-~Robbins have not yet been modified
and would cost quite a lot of money.
The final entry in this folder is a memorandun from Ogle to various Lab
personnel, covers a Sandia-LaSL meeting held on Crete
16 Nov on atmospheric testing.
Under the subject of high-altitude shots, the testing tecnnigues and ciasnostic
techniques incitding VELA diennostics were discussed and several things were
decided.
Jt was clear that one shot would not satisfy all needs.
The -gencral
plan would be to carry a device aboard a Thor nissile to about 2 150 kiloreter L
altitude and instrumentation rockets would also be used.
The meeting went into
a great deal of detail on the possible diagnostics fer both high altitude and
aircrop events and which Laboratory or Sandia would be develeping the ccpaebility for these measurements.
One particular capability Sandia is preparing
is 2 trackine system to track heth the droo nlane and the device from the
ground which could be both ground-mounted and ship-mounted in the event that
the devices were to be drcepped over the open sea.
By a Nov. 16, 1961memo from Gilpatric (Deputy Secretary of Defense) to
the Chairman of the JCS, the JCS requests for 87 spaces for DASA is approved
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except that 1 civilian space which was requested is not approved, making the
incremental authorization 27 officers and 59 enlisted men.
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