feeting #1777, 19 September 1961:
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Letters approved by the Commission at this meeting included a joint
AEC/DOD letter to the President on the comparative advantages of

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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.

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