(which I assume
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also went to Bradbury) containing a draft "Report of AdHoc Committee on
Test Requirements,''
who met in Washington on May 5-7.
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Here is a 14 May 1959 transmittal from Starbird to Teller
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The draft begins
stating "The AEC and the DOD were requested by the principles of the Ad Hoc
Committee of Advisors on test negotiations (Chairman McCone, Secretary
Quarles and Dr. Killian ) to review jointly requirements for additional nuclear
testing.''
The Ad Hoc Committee which was set up is composed of representatives
of DMA; the ATSD(AE);
The Chief of DASA; the Manager of ALOO; the Directors
of LASL and Livermore; and the Vice President for Research of Sandia.
This
Committee has reviewed the present status of weapons development visavis
the background of present and near-future defense requirements and also, in
The DOD further is addressing the effects of nuclear
detonations which would require testing.
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possible by testing.
.
somewhat broader terms, the types of technological advance which might be
The group in their discussions ‘and in
this report have categorized the weapons possibilities and developments into
four categories as discussed in little detail here.
new possibilities,
First of all, exploration of
an area in which the absence of testing seems to the group
to foreclose the possibility of significant progress.
The second area has to do
with meeting the DOD warhead characteristics of systems whose development is
already underway.
Polaris, Titan, and Nike-Zcus, are specified with the nature
of probable compromise due to the lack of testing being bricfly noted.
As for the
alll
the Minuteman,
The warhead re quirements of a number of systems, including