safety shot.
One of the Commissioners stressed the importance of
getting an underground shot in Millrace as a primary objective.
Strauss noted that he had provided President Eisenhower with a copy
of the GAC recommendation regarding underground shots,
which did
not have unanimous support from the GAC.
Meeting #1380, 6 June 1958:
The action taken against the ''golden rule'' vessel which attempted to
sail into the Pacific Test Area during Hardtack is noted that three
crew members had been given 60-ilay jail sentences for attempting
to sail into the area against a court order.
'As fora
test moratorium inspection,
and Lawrence,
Strauss met with Fisk,
Bacher,
members of the U.S. team appointed by the President
to negotiate a weapons test moratorium inspection system and said that
they inquired about the possibility of conducting another underground
weapons test at the NTS.
They said that the Rainier shot had not provided
sufficient information about underground test detection and suggested
thata larger
data.
tes¢e
Strauss said
be conducted so that they might collect additional
he made them aware that a second tunnel at
the NTS might be completed by October and said that they would write
the AEC requesting acceleration of preparations for this test.
Meeting #1381, 12 June 1958:
Discussion of possible announcement of specifics about events in the
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