Meeting #1389, 10 July 58: renee, Starbird brought up a proposal to consider cancelling the UN demostration program for the Pinon event of Hardtack, He noted that several eve nts had taken place since the recommendation for the program on 18 March, which required a reappraisal of the program. The pros and cons of _ cancelling the test at this late date and the fact that approximately 3 to 4 million dollars of the 10 million dollar eost for the shot could be recovered were brought up and the commission agreed that Libby should recommend to the President the caneellation of this program.,. Further discussion of the position to be taken on international cooperation in nuclear testing, as discussed in AEC 226/147, led to a position which would be given to the Secretary of State for transmission to and use by the Fisk group at Geneva. "Starbird reviewed at length the background of the proposal, pointing out that the Geneva technical conference may afford the US an excellent opportunity to obtain a propaganda victory over the USSR. He. added that in presenting the proposal under consideration, the Fisk group would confine its comments to international observation of nuclear tests and not concern itself with international conduct or monitoring of nuclear tests, In addition, he pointed out that nothing would be said about high altitude shots. He also commented that the proposed position had the concurrence of General Loper." Note that in the meetings about this timc, the question of couperating with the French in exchange of information, and inparticular weapons information, begins to come up more and more fecquently. In this particular meeting some conversations that will be held with DeGualle by Secretary of State Dulles are mentioned. A IS fe