if A 1 September message from Hoh ner of ALO to Mercury, to Car l Tayler of Reeco “End Frark Hines of []& N dire cts them to procecd immediate ly wit hou t causing , too much publicity, for Planning, scheduling and procur eme nt for support ay A construction for readying the seli hole for joint user occ upa ncy 5yv 10 September by LASL. Apparentl y, the work to be done is to back fill this 500 foot hole to the 250 foot level and then to finish the hole for dev ice insertion, Pa & SEPTEMBER ~— (/ 1 September First Russian shot since Nov. over Soviet Central Asia). 1 - 4 September Twenty-four non-aligned countries meeting for conferenc @ '58 (intermediate force in Belgrade, Yugoslavia hear Soviet anno uncement of test resumption. UAR President Gamal Abde l Nasser denounces USSR decision to resume tests and proposes immediate summit meeting. 2 September oo eg, More discussions on design and equipment procurement with Zia ‘ J; > attempt to ship the avpropriate coax links with connectors installed on the Sth & September. e Démehole cables are still a problem as is the amount of room to be ssigned to the various experiments and experimenters. Livermore (Bacigalupi) hes romised Newman the use Shafkxm of their crane which was requested the day before. he notes here include a detailed discussion of the configuration for the first snot ith the various diagnostics and cabling. Rea Blossom is to be the J6 representative % the NTS,leaving on the kth for NTS with Newman to go out on about the LOth. Blossom wttended a meeting in Albuquerque on the lst where it was said that someone higher-up lesires to do the entire "old" schedule as soon as possible; the 6000 foot core hole t t ras authorized; oll work at the NTS however ia in nade. et > L abeyance until announcements are A general day by day schedule shows the 12th os the day for the cannister to itart down-hole. Thetce are no entries on Sunday and Monday, Labor Day, has very few entries Pensenen Fame haine donne at the NTS. SN new 2 September: eee Speaking at Belgrade Conference, Indian Prime Minister Nehru says the "danger of war has been enhan ced by the decision of the Soviet Governnent co resum e nuclear tests. There is no choice left between nego tiations or war. And if war comes all is lost."