The 15 Sept. 61 memorandum from the Chief of DASA to the Army and the Navy
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is on the subject of project proposals for Operation Nougat.

The memo forwards

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a copy of the current proposed schedule for Nougat which includes 15 tests, 13 of
which are AEC development tests and 2 of which are DOD effects tests

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DASA notes that the Dept. of Defense is studying the existing guidance

for planning for testing and has so far permitted DASA only to plan for tests of

weapons effects in an underground environment and not in outer space, the atmosphere
or underwater.

In anticipation of a change to this existing guidance DASA asks the

services to review their requirements for events and come in with their most
urgent cxperimental needs for atmospheric and other tests.

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