He said that the
Hevever, Mr. Dulles
and Mr. Murray Snyder of the Secretery of State's request
Mr. Strauss said he had informed
My, Dulles had then requested that
Mr. Libby
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statement if there
chserved that there would be little purpose in a public
Mr. Vance
S. had discovered the principle
clear weapons.
of reducing or increasing radioactivity of thermonu
from which it could be deduced that the U.
since it disclosed infcrmetion
said he could not egree to such a statement
oy Mz. Vance.
Mr, Strauss then read a statement proposed
would be available.
Fallout from the entire Cveration
of the Creration when information cn total
appropriately efter tke end
which Mr. Libby telieved could be issued more
froz Og ration RELWING but
whieh concerned the tctal radicactive fallout
proposed statement
vr, Strauss seia that Mr. Libby had prepaved a
cn the cubject at press conferences.
l questions
an emncuncement since ke did not wish to respond to technics
oe wish to make such
and that he had teen informed that the Presicent did
Mr. Sherman Adams
Cperation Alert the foliowing day.
the beginning of
had requested thet the anncuncement now te issued tefore
prior to the U.S.S.R. propossi in tae Tyited Nations.
as planned,
it wag unfortunete that this ennouncement had not been released
and had said that
Secretary of State had spoken to bim earlier in the day
develop weapons with reduced radioactive fallout.
of efforts to
announcement on Cperation REDWING regarding the success
of a Presidential
previous discussions at Meetings 1214, 1215 and 1217
Mr. Strauss referred to
He injuired whether the Commissioners wished
to consider the press release at this time.
the end of test operations.