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It is a ee7 . October 59 repo
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16-17 September.
JsRICcilo as the first
Among the planning details are that DASA plans
ber 59;
moritorium has been extended to 31 Decem
experiment they intend to do; that the
a decision on further planning beyond the end oF 1959 is expected to come sometime in
late Novemoer or early December and tat DASA cannot anticipate a JERICHO date of 1°
May 1960 as firm; that planning should be made extremely floxitl2; and that the funding
OT are
which has been requested and detailed for certain preparations and executions is not
yet being provided in
adequate amounts.
The name given to the test now is MARSHMALLOW
and the timnel constructions status was sumierized es follows;
“the Line of sist
tunnel is complete, the cross-cuts nave been holed through, a nominal sized tunnel has
beenbusned to ground
zero.
ALL excavations will be complete by 25 Octoder."
Numerous other details of both simulation tecinicues “eo co prelininar, testing for
this event as well as the vroblems being investigated to prepare for various diagnostic
and effects measurements aspects of the test are discussed in some detail.
Among the
agencies involved are Livermore, AFSWC, EG & G, and Lockheed.
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4 7 October trip Report from Col.
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Rose documents among other things the
uture of Project JAGUAR in relation to
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sampling reguiron ents and
‘lso the possibility of U-2 aircraft being assigned to the
4950th to support
sxtremely highly high altitude Sampling requiremen
ts of
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