TSE-SECRET “r tarsi Nadie ob This document consists of Copy No. TOR.SECRET i4 of By authority Commiss Lon 14 3 —sopages Series A of U. S. Atomic Energ _ : ’ portage :beuKLFoepate Ila2 See, ny SECURITY INFORMATION ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISS LON APPROVAL FOR OPERATION IVY Report by the Director of Military Application Recently the Atomic Energy Commission indicated to the President the desirability of conducting full-scale atomic weapon tests at the Pacific Proving Grounds in 1952. It now becomes advisable to obtain Presidential approval for the dates of the tests and for the expenditure of fissionable materials involved. It is recom- “mended that the AEC: Approve the attached draft memorandum for dispatch to the Special Committee of the National Security Council for Atomic Energy. a COASTINICATION 2 ARC POON rp 70 AE Ly, GY ALES caoor Aol: This document contains restricted data as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. its transmittal or the disclosure of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited, ode e downgrading and 3 dectassification Beeeee et E, T RI IR I C SIEAC in ia S P i GROUP 4 automatic (= from a. a oan, rege ae ey % gad “ A bare AE Y- hg or ae

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