Meeting #1325, 22 January 58:
The commission Chairman is to meet with Von Braun and other scientists
from the Army Signal Laboratory on the next day.
Perhaps this had some-
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thing to do with the high altitude events coming up this summer.
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Starbird went over with the commissioners the testing schedule
58
for calendar year 58, in which he requested an additional test in the
reiterated his concern
.
atmosphere. Along these lines, "Mr. Strauss
ee Ree heme ne,
about the large number of weapons scheduled for testing during operation
Hardtack and recalled that the President had asked that the Commission
eliminate some of the
shots
originally scheduled.
If the contingency
shot is added, hesaid, the total number scheduled will be up to
again.
This, he remarked, seemed to be a reflection of the. DCD's requirement
for an increasing number of different nuclear weapons types.
The
Commissioners discussed the shots scheduled for 58 and Mr. Libby
requested that the letter to the President concerning ope ration
Hardtack state the amount of off-site fallout which will result from the
(including
The Commission theniapproved the revised Hardtack program
tests), approved
and also approved the conduct of
during 58.
underground tests at Nevada(MILLRACE)
;
l-point safety tests at the NTS
This then would go into the appropriate letters for execution |
authority to the President. etc.
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