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ENCLOSURE "a"
UNITED STATES
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSTON
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
October 30,
1952
Memorandum for Mr. James S. Lay, Executive Secretary
National Security Council
sub ject:
APPROVAL FOR OPERATION IVY
Reference:
{a} Memorandum for the Special Committee of the
National Security Council for Atomic Energy
from the Atomic Energy Commission,
same sub-
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(bo} Memorandum for the Secretaries of State and
Defense and the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission from the Executive Secretary, NSC,
same subject, dated September 10, 1952.%
Reference (a) from the Atomic Energy Commission re-
quested approval of the execution of the IVY test program and
the expenditure of certain approximate amounts of fissionable
materials. The Operation and the expenditure of the materials
were approved by the President on September 10, 1954
From the standpoint both of the dollar costs of these
fissionable materials and of their equivalent value for weapons
fabrication, the increase of oralloy is practically equally
balanced by the decrease in plutonium.
Accordingly it is the
Commission's opinion that the amounts now considered necessary
are within the Presidential authorization. We are proceeding
on this basis.
Gordon Dean
Chairman
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Enclosure "A"