Ss? Hertlorel An ee (8 May TWX from Starboard to Hurtesd and Bradbury notes a telephone . conversation with Al Graves on the subject of reassigning all 7. personnel and this TWX is ##e clarify Starboard's intent. He states that he has already told Admiral Parker and Gen. Anderson (of JTF7) that he concurs in inactivating 7.1 and reassigning the military to do these outside the AEC. The only exceptions would be a few military people not in 7.1 to work on other items such as the Rover Project or perhaps an overseas planning office affiliated with ALOO. 18 May 29 TWX from Starbird to Hertford postpones Sandia H.E£. cratering FN tests due to public comment, etc. | A.19 May TWX from Jim Reeves to Multiple Addresses including the 4950th note that the Geneva negotiations and the forthcoming Foreign Ministers BU Conference make it inadvisable to declassify and discuss in any open way the OXCART Program. This apparently is a plan to detonate two low yield devices to provide data on cratering effects versus depth of placement for the PLOWSHARE Program.

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