qe “res 434 60) ad eg MEST oii“Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT “ ne, TO =: FROM Joe B. Sanders, Director, Pacific Operations Division, Office of Test Operations, ALO DATE: December 21, 1959 n aa : James A. Sugden, Office of ‘Testw SUBJECT: YANDENBERG - “ENIWETOK PROPOSED MISSILE SH Dees 5Oe SYMBOL: rssns:eséy*!nn pocketVM, a, H e I was contected by Lt Colonel Bil] Martin, AFSWC, and invitedto attend a SAC conducted meeting at Kirtland AFB, 0830 hours, December 18, 1959. I learned that USAF (SAC) is planning a routine treini IoRM“ demonstration utilizing the Atlas with abs fconventional — Atlas would be fired from Vendenberg ornia, and be The detonated within Eniwetok Atoll utilizing Mack Tower as GZ. The planned Launching dates are as follors: ‘ 2 & 12 Jenuary 1960 ~2h February 1960 ee} y 3 s Bg 235 338 < gees % wie} 5 Se % 333 e 6 { | 12 April 1960 5 July 1960 2 August 1960 30 August 1960 | To say the least, I was quite surprised and expressed immediate concern for the personnel residing at Eniwetok. I was assured that USAF was studying the situatién but was of the opinien that accuracies of 1200 to 1500 ft could be mainteined. DEPARTMENT I was requested to furnish population ts for February to AFSWC to be cranked into USAF a a ty of = eeu ss& T éxpressed the opinion that a provision ave made to evacuate all of our personnel from the Atoll or some means of protection provided. I also asked if this planned action had been coordinated with AEC Washington and CJTF SEVEN. They didn't believe that it had been. (continued) I DEPARTMENT (oF ENERGY NECLASSIFICATION REVIEW 6 REGAL Seg A j DETERM BAN TEREFRR sameiy Wo hs.~ ot 1 head a wn Stake ae hoy : ae , ty To AN ; 1 r UNAUTRORIZE: _ aad : - . ‘ . ’ to Freee NAME So TapeA ne Se CE eo aPk . \ I beget Aw i atthe: . LAW. 7 Cned Bole WN a ae Rag Sali Bi WATE wee oe LAS SIRICATICN Sins SIFIED INFO s saeennaee: 23 OY r 7. OTHER (SPECFY}; Ce ve wth ae=“ ‘