Aecting #1381, 12 June 1958: ‘Qaeeeeseeeemmrermrinns Discussion of possible announcement of specifics about events in the AG Hardtack series included Mr. ‘Libbey saying that Jim Fisk, a member of the President's appointed group to negotiate with the Soviets on a weapon test inspection system, announcement of such shots. had called the day before regarding Fisk had requested that the AEC make no detailed announcements at least for the next several weeks since may be able to use the possible release of further test information as a bargaining point during the negotiations. wee negotiations about an inspection system would begin soon and the U.S. The Commissioners concurred with the proposal that further consideration of release of any detailed AOCeCae ae information about Hardtack tests be deferred for the time being. A discussion of the proposal to be presented to the President to include more tests in Hardtack included Libbey's remarks that he hav’ asked not to be recorded as approving the additional shots for Hardtack since he felt that the weapons labs had previous test data which had not yet been analyzed and on which he felt greater emphasis should be placed prior to more tests. ‘He said one possible explanatinn for the disappointing results from some of the tests to date in Operation Hardtack ‘may be because full use was .ot made of weapons information available from other test series."' Straus said:''He believed it quite likely that Operation Hardtack may be the last test scries held by the Therefore, he now believed that any tests which the labs consider important should be carricd out without regard to 78 werk ee and the Soviet Union. Se seemces i sana se U.S. before a weapons test moratorium is agreed to by the U.S., U.K.