On the A‘ wr ! s to AEC personne tt Be om fr X TW a om fr r ea cl is er r it be llthof Decemo B staff membe Starboard, JTF8 l ra ne Ge de tu c now in e trip to Ji will that th° M. Miller, Ogle Jim Reeves for Bob m Howell of H& Schuster, and Sa G4 A message from Betz to Hertford and Reeves on 12 December notes that nme oo ee PB the proposals to expend weapons funds for certain activities on Gnome and Hard Hat to perform activities to investigate the Christmas Tree concept is not approved at this time since the Christmas Tree concept has not been approved. he~ A 12 Dec. message from Hertford to Foster, Bradbury, and Rex in Las Vegas gives eeeeet Q a number of details in relation to the proposed NTS schedule due to budget questions at this time. He states that there is in process a request for a deficiency allowment pending a supplemental budget which it is hoped will be transmitted to the budget bureau and executive department shortly. The requests for authorization for con- struction and such that was forwarded by Hertford, apparently to Headquarters, AEC, deleted about 7 to 10 holes and drifts at the NTS and is contemplating dropping 6 other items. He notes that 32 holes for FY 63 have been added in lieu of partial tunnel work. Also, "the funds for post-shot Hard Hat and Gnome were left in but I am not approving this if it is for Christmas Tree or Plowshare effort." As for an update to this status, "We are to receive within the next few days a further increase in FY 62 funds. This increase will permit funding into Jan. and committments *~ oye for off continent work. be made at this time." ~ Committments toward use of Christmas Island should not

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