Meeting #1361, 24 April 58:

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Along the lines of the..potential Argus tests, : Starbird reported that he

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had received a telegram from Teller responding to questions in cornection
with the special weapons test proposedfor later inthe year.

Teller, he

said, had stated that there would be no eye damage to observers of the
shot and that there would be no perceptable effects at surface level.
Starbird said he had communicated this information to Dr. Al Graves
who is presently in the Pacific test area. ''

Starbird suggested that a

briefing be prepared for the next GAC meeting to obtain their views and
that plans for the shot preceed right away, and that the President and
Department of State be notified of the plans, a procedure approved by the
Commission,

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