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- Ii& thing to do with the high altitude events coming up this summer. * 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. a eae pe ae series.''