Meeting #1386, 26 June 1958:
peers reerenD
Chairman Strauss announced that this was to be his last meeting as
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Chairman and said that the Senate would hold a public confirmation mectin
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on the 2nd of July for JohnA. McCone,
nominated by the President to be
a member of the Commission.
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As to the question of declassification of information for Genewa, the
commission agreed tothe delegation of authority to Captain John H. Morse,
the AEC's staff representative with the US Delegation at Geneva and
specified those topics in which he would have declassification authority.
There were a few things that the commission and the MLC agreed they
did not wish to declassify and any mention of these topics would have to
_be brought directly to them for consideration,
A June 1958 letter to
Fidler from Teller addresses in more definitive terms
the plans for FY59 and the following vears for Plowshare.
The funding level
has been set at 3 million dollars for Livermore for these efforts in 1959.
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summary states "The research and /planning groups at Livermore will continue to
expand.
In addition the Project Chariot is firm and the Project Gnome schedule
is being developed.
Preparations for both projects are proceeding now.
The
Project Gnome shot will be fired in late FY59 with post-shot investigation
continuing on into FY60.
early FY61.
proposed.
Project Chariot will not reach the detonation stage until
No field operations other than Gnome and Chariot are currently
However, proposals for additional test programs in FY 1960 are
‘being developed.''
The Gnomesite has already been selected in New Mexico
and there are several possibilities in Alaska for Chariot which are under
investigation.