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SECURITY INFORMATION
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
THE THERMONUCLEAR WEAPON TEST PROGRAM
Report by the Director of
Military Application
THE PROBLEM
1. To consider the timing of Operation CASTLE.
BACKGROUND
2, The annual weapon program submissions of the Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory and the University of California Radiation Laboratory (Livermore)
are in process
of preparation and re-
view and will be submitted for Commission review and approval
early in calendar year 1953.
Asa result of the extremely success~
ful behavior of the Mike Shot of the IVY operation, from the
standpoint of yield, these programs will propose a considerable
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