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Letters of bale the most part indicate meetings of the Bethe
panel.
nd papers publishéd
through 59 end 60 addressed mainly to analyzing
the
ussien weapons program and a meeting is planned for October of 59 to discuss
with 2
he British the latest data on Soviet devices.
One interesting comment is in a
etter from Doyle Northrup to Carson Mark on 21July_59in which he says “I
notice
ou have successfully escaped reassignment to Geneva.
Congratulations!git
Further correspondence between DASA and DMA and the other AEC organizations
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including the labs in July and Aug. of 59 gave a clearer indication that the Willow
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program was largely a DOD program and that they were not readily seeking assistance
from the AEC.
A 22 July letter from Parker to Starbird said that, whereas the AEC
Vee
had proposed providing warhead-diagnostic packages for all 5 Willow shots, DOD only
had room for such packages on the 2 highest shots.
Sandia was working at this time
with the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) on the design of such packages.
Hoerlin,
noting that he was not enthusiastic about any extensive participation in the Willow
program since DOD was controlling it to such a great extent, said that he had had
disaussion with Sandia personnel on the contents of the diagnostic packages and that |
they were "carrying the ball" on that item.
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Note that DASA,
together with the Office of Naval Research,
sponsored a
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“conference world-wide distribution of radioactive fallout" with international parti7
The participants were all from western countries.
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cipation on 21-22 July 1960.