11 September aa fn 11] ALO memo notes presid. approval with LRL first on 1S Sept. Sept. memorandum from ALO notes the delegation of authority by the President of the United States for Operation Nougat and places an ae device first on the list for 15 Sept. date. P oO C7CL PP: [- 8 ll Sept. 61 Memo for OTO files by Bob Miller on "Weapons Readiness Meetings, . 31 ~ Sept 2." He notes that labs and ALOO met on 31 Aug. to evaluate and 1 readiness program based on 11 & 17 Aug. memoranda from DMA (copies in our 2s). That evening, DMA requested reaction to accelerated three-shot program: Arrow, and Tsetse. HP Labs worked out scope and dates for this and “short-tern" program and presifiéted it to Betts and Luedecke 2 Sept. for a crash progran Inning 5 Sept. (preparations). Additional request was made from Washington to sider 30 kt device in E07; estimates were prepared but concern was voiced that nh a shot done hastily could render the entire E tunnel complex useless for atime due to blast and radiation. Memo from Betts to Hertford on 12 Sept. asks the labs to consider, at the . en Force request and with AFSWC assistance, possible EMP phenomenology study lp i f tests. 12 September Pres. approval for 3 event program. Cc Some Sept. 61 correspondence indicates that on 12 Sept., Harold Brown, DDR&E sent out a memo on the subject of "Measurements associated with Soviet tests ¥ G7 eT, In line with this direction, DASA is providing funds to various agencies to address different types of measurements and in this particular 20 Sept. 61 message to the Chief of Naval Research is authorizing funds addressing ionization caused by the high altitude detonation of nuclear weapons. About the same time they also funded similar operations with the Air Force CRL and with the Army, as well as funding measurements in other areas such as blast effects through various agencies.