1.2.5 — DELETED 126 ————— DELETED 1.3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE The Joint Chiefs of Staff on July 8, 1955, approved the incorporation of a military effects program in Operation Redwing, including a special effects test of an air-delivered thermonuclear weapon of approximately yield; and the Secretary of Defense was requested to seek Presidential Lp approval for the expenditure of : complete with nuclear components, from the national stockpile for this specific purpose. The Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 24, 1953, approved the following policy relative to field tests of atomic devices and weapons: - 22 - acwfii” Lo