Meeting #1391, 17 July 58:
On the subject of
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development of clean weapons, Libby said that the
current Hardtack tests had demonstrated that the US had achieved a
"remarkable breakthrough in the development of clean nuclear weapons, "
With the other commissioners in agreement, he expressed his feelings that
the Commission should renew its efforts to convince the DOD to increase
their requirements for clean weapons and McCone said he would arrange
a meeting with the JCS for the AEC
to discuss this question and have the
laboratory directors present for the meeting,
Meeting #1392, 29 July 58:
One of the first items was the report that the President had decided to
cancel the proposed UN observers shot in Hardtack and that the Department
of State had issued a press announcement along these lines on 26 July.
On the subject of discussions of clean weapons and DOD
requirements for
such weapons, a joint AEC-DOD briefing to be conducted by the weapons
lab directors on these developments and requirements was to be scheduled
for the week of 11 August,
Meeting #1394, 7 August 58:
The chairman had received a memo from Philip Farley, special assistant
to the Secretary of State, outlining pro»osed revisions to the US
policy
on nuclear testing and this memo was scheduled for committee consideration
the next day (AEC 226/157),
Another item at this meeting was "cxpansion of AEC laboratorics,"
in
which Libby said "after serious consideration of the question of the
growth
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