anti-aircraft use of atomic weapons and the fall-out effects to be
7 anticipated,
This study might be made by Rand, or preferably by the ‘DOD8
jointly with the AEC,
It was agreed that such a study would: be doxtrable
but that further discusgion should precede any recommendation, by the GAC
on the matter,
- Interest was expressed in the prospects for defensive measures.
against submarine~Launched atomic weapons.
might be expected,
Atwo hundred-mile missile
The problem was to detect the submarine; there are
promising deve lopmenta in detection methods.
It is very difficult to
detect the missile, and we do not now Imow how to defend against inter~
continental rockets,
In any case the possibilities of atomic weapons in
defense against airplanes should be thoroughlyexplored,
The Commission had asked the GACto comment on a suggestion that the
BNL
Entirely
Unclassified?
Brookhaven National Laboratory be devoted entirely to unclassified
research, in order to provide a suitablelocation where uncleared
foreigners could participate in the research program,
Dr. Rabi said it
was his impression that present restrictions on alien participation in
unclassified research stemmed more from fear of adverse public relations
than from genuine security considerations.
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The Committee felt that the suggestion about BNL was in general not
a good idea,
It would be a real loss to the AEC not to have the, classi-
fied investigations nowin ‘progress there and not to be able to call on
BNL for help on other classified problems in the future,
Also the move —
would tend to isolate the Laboratory from the Commission's program, could
have the effect of weakening the Laboratory's position, and might cause
discontent within BNL or in other of the Commission's laboratories,
;