feeting #1777, 19 September 1961: soma — Letters approved by the Commission at this meeting included a joint AEC/DOD letter to the President on the comparative advantages of { Lh om atmospheric and underground testing, which would now go to the Secretary of Defense for his signature. Also approved was a letter to the President on the follow-on test series. Also mentioned was the report of an increase of off-site radiation level following one or both of the U.S. tests at the NTS and the need to develov meaningful and realistic information on this.