Tho Lather would hava a bettor PEDOP AEURNS,ceriaheaaTe “change of success ‘and would eghve a higher yield, but would be dependent on Lithtume6 production, Meanwhile, in the Spring and Sumer of 1953, the Air Force indleated the importame of red ing the weight of thermnuclear wemons for dclivery by the B-li7, a medium bomber being produced in large numbers, and for deliver ry by the Hustler, a new medium bombar urvier development. E Gtk 5. The program for thermonuclear development, testing, and emergency capability have been coing foruard with great emphasis and speed. The importance of these prograns is increased by the fant that the Soviet Union conducted an atoalc tast on ‘ugust 12, 953,. that involved both fission and thermonuclear reactions DISCUSSION 6 Following a necting on sesbasber 17, 1993, ab Los flanos among representatives of the Atomle knergy Commission, me my g los flanos, UCniiivernore, Sal a ig@int Tas: pores