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to make changes in the test program, which would not be significant,
as had been authorized in previously test series.''
The Commission
approved this letter for the President at this meeting.
On the same day, the Commission approved a letter to the President
on the Plowshare Program.
Earlier this day, Haworth had discussed with Jerry Johnson the draft
of the Report on Atmospheric-Underground Nuclear Test Considerations,"
and the updated draft would now include additional information on the
cost of underground versus atmospheric tests.
Meeting #1777, 19 September 1961:
Letters approved by the Commission at this meeting included a joint
AEC/DOD letter to the President on the comparative advantages of
atmospheric and underground testing, which would now go to the Secretary
of Defense for his signature.
Also approved was a letter to the President
on the follow-on test series.
Also mentioned was the report of an increase of off-site radiation level
following one or both of the U.S. tests at the NTS and the need to
develop meaningful and realistic information on this.
Meeting #1781, 9 October 1961:
In discussing revisions to the FY 62 budget, the Commission agreed to
‘submit to the BOB as one of the proposed
in 8 million dollars
program reductions, a decrease
operating expenses for the Vela Program.
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