“NITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU WASHINGTON Rovember 13, 1956 1% REPLY, PLEASE ADDRESS CHIEF,U.S. WEATHER BUREAU WASHINGTON 25, 9.6. AND REFER TO ° R-3. 7 31961 ir, J. o Fotts U. S. Atomic ergy Comnission Washington 25, TD. C. Dear Ir. Fottss I am to deliver a talk at the Washington Academy of Sciences, as indicated in the enclosed paper on Thursday, November 15. Since Tr. Libby's name is mentioned liberally, and since this peper ceals at length with the Strontiun-90 sroblem, I feel that you ance br, Libby should have the opportunity of commenting on it. T shell leave it to your best judgement to cecide whether it is worth taxing Ir. Libby's time to review it. I have submitted the paper to hr. Nash of the Division of Clessi- fication for security review. In the event that either you or Ir. Libby have comments which you feel should be included, I would appreciate hearing about them by Thurscay morning, to be able to incorporate them in the talk. Sincerely yours, Lester Machta, Chief Special Frojects Section Office of Meteorological Research =nelosure RG US DOE ARCHIVES 326 US ATOMIC ENERGY COARSE; fi Collection2ZLICL labate = Lib we Box creda Folder_S274 chy ne STATUS VERIFIED C/A/CL / BY leg DATE _£/24/f0 Iputes. [tleleMWicklev /

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