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be about 1 billion dollars and j
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200 milli on dollars.
the annual operating costs would be over
In July of 59,to help the labs prepare their inputs to this report, Starbird
asked that they consider three possible degrees of test bans in discussing the
future of the laboratories weapons programs and projected accomplishments.
These
are as follows:
"1,
I£ We have early agreement preventing all atmospheric testing (and agreement
remains in effect throughout period)
2.
If we have early agreement that all weapon testing above 10 tons is prohibited
{and remains prohibited throughout the period)
3.
If the overall moratorium on weapons testing endures until July 1, 1960, and
then atmospheric test on a limited basis is permitted (say 2 megaton of fission
per year by US plus additional desirable tests not in the atmosphere) ."
Bradbury submitted his reply for LASL on 14 Sept. 59 which included the history
and current activities of LASL; weapons research and development at the lab under
- the three different test moratorium conditions; non weapons activities at LASL under
the three different moratoriums; activities of LASL and their relationship to
universities
and industries; and general comments on the future of LASL.
-
Jury¥—- pec ST
The following notes cover the latter half of calendar
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toe tn,
As of 1 Nov
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59, John Kodis became Acting Director of the
Test Division, a job that would have
made him head of Task Unit 3 in the Task Force struct
ure, I believe,
Total strength of this group was at 116 in this
time period.
they were studying possible reductions if the
moratorium continues.
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Furthermore,