GOCUMENT SOURCE University of California at Berkeley The Bancroft Library/The University Archives, Berkeley CA RECORDS SERIES TITLE COHN HUNDALE LAWENLE SUBTELT FILES BANCROFT/UARC ID NO. CARTON “Ch Boe COPY FOLOER NAME UL DONNEK LAB. coReespatnence “13- +a) NOTES 74. 8/3 FOUN BYDATE FOUND LMES uf 24 {ay ‘ S oa ithe >: Pe oe“CAUTI Fate docusent 4 contairis i National Defense of) ¢ [es teangin 'sgfop oF any pathergora, and raveTes: tridss ‘ ‘prohibited penalties under ; roplicabe Pederat Lawes r 5a & June 9, 1949 oSms= ley con oO BEST COPY AVAILABLE 42 - vece eee eloresAo Uae f in The ate Ut ott esk soqusis iae Bann d §POG) CIHg varie ec . Gort are yo 402555 7 responsesto your letter of Bay n regarding field experitation im bitlegyand medicine during proof testa of atonic weapons, _ 7nyill desire to eonduct certain investigations; the exact nature of some of theses “studies cannot be predicted so far i=advance, The fol- lowing specific.Stone are noteds “ty.* shottes jare now beingmade of the nature of protection ine * earred by estrone adeinistration against whole body radiation death, Cur- rent studies involwe wartations of estrame dosages and of radistion ex- posureand intensity, The aechanisa of. the protection wgy be considerably * worked out by1951, ‘and if'eo, there willbe protection schenes which should betested:in the radiationarea of an Mbead detonation. Even at . this tine 4¢ wend ‘be helpful to know.‘the relative Protection given br , estrone’under. these tele conditions, . ~ 2.“Beare is being: made ‘ta.‘tind ja possible substance redpcaathle fer the iidiregteffect of radiation om nuclete adld.metadclion, Aseuming that this probles-satures, ve wil) want, to Montify and assaysuch sub= stances froa dowbirrediated anivalo. a ; 3. ‘General development .af ‘problems: will ‘take place over the next te oarsvl cameos bo predicted at this tin. . La he‘We’‘ontinate: that. atwould‘be advantagious‘te oer research te have a) tuoto four mon in the experimental field area, b) leboratary. space (150 squate feet if possible, and c) facilities pernittingthe | care, transpertet and/or proviaionef 1000 te 2000 mite and rats, ° 5. Some. of the following members of the gtaft ‘possibly may wiab ias wa Fe He lawrence, |Re Le. Debdson,’Re Face, C. A.Tob to be present, aud know of thé availability ofthe experizental and Was I Be Jones,teata: H. oo _ bird. : : ge ~~ wed, . ’