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the military
is not detailed here but apparently will have something to do with
requirements for devices versus what may be possible.
tow
AJ_May 59 message from Starbird to Teller eme@ Stirling Colgate
at Livermore
addreeses possible technical discussions at Geneva. Apparently corgare Tia
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tiuwee Geneva discussions and they may begin about 1 June and address first the nigh
altitude detection problem.
underground detection.
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This may be followed by further tecnnical discussions on
Starbird wishes Livermore to address certain questions of
underground detection as to programs and time scales torettain data for sucn
extremely small shots in small blocks of salt
or other material; somewhat larger HE shots;
the tamalpais-evans question.
further effort at trying to understand
ae eatin tales in IMion ES ltl
discussions in tne following areas:
This latter has to do with a very different Seismic
Signal from two tests done during HARDTACK at about the same yield.
Livermore is to
have a meeting within a few days to crystallize a program for HE and neuclear firings
to address such things as decouplingcapparently.
Stzrbird notes that Bradbury is
A [5MayTWXfrom Starboard to Brad
bury and Mdnar of Sandia discusses
the
It talks about the role of
SL having overal| responsibili
ty while Sandia would assist as
appropriate
tn looking into the instrumentat
ion for satellites and the sign
al transmission
problems, etc., instuding the
Westervelt— Mewckoos fluorescence
possibilities.
Mentioned are two pertinent repo
rts, one by a Panofsky panel and
one by a
Berkner pane! which Graves is brin
ging back to LASL, and the pos
sibility
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by that name.
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looking into the matter of the instrumentation for high altitude detection.