ler duplicate letter to Tel or moractor jum and wrote ban t tes a of nt eve would do in the ee tee ad t the weapons labs dbury, the Commissioners wha Bra m fro ry que a to se In respon tion uat tua the testing sit the role of the labs if g sin cus dis 8 195 ll, y Jul and Bradbury onr enee should change. in our classified. This document is Filed SEY | LH A message from Teller to Starbird on 11 July discusses the general Nevada situation "and Teller is happy that discussion now seems to separate: all weapons development shots from DOD, Plowshare, and safety shots. Teller emphasizes that underground shots should be separated from aboveground shots and proposes that underground tunneling be authorized as a more or less continuous activity. He also proposes that no limit on the specific number of underground shots be given for calendar year 59 but ‘that a starting date should be givenand an approximate rate of firing should be specified and the labs would then flexibly respond.on a continuous basis. He discusses the public concern and psychological damage from the aboveground shots and says, "We believe, therefore, that aboveground shots may have to be limited to effects and Plowshare shots which cannot be 22 carried out underground. If it is nevertheless decided that there will be an tboveground Trumpet series for the purpose. of accomodating weapon development shots, ’e may consider a small number of aboveground shots in order to perform special fagnostics experiments."