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A 3t July TWX from Starboard to Bradbury and McMillan of LRL at Berkely
references Starboards'
letter of 7 July which requested Lab reports covering
future plans for non-weapons activities to be used in a composite report to
the JCAE.
He notes that the overall! report will, of course, include the
weapons laboratory reports of their primary weapons mission and that in
basing the LASL and Livermore reports on three possible degree of test
bands, the weapons,program will be automatically included.
The three
possible degrees are defined as:
tl I.
lf we have early agreement preventing all atmospheric weapons tests
(and the agreement remains in effect throughout the period).
2.
If we have early agreement that all weapon testing above [0 tons is
prohibited (and remains prohibited throughout the period).
3.
1f the overall moratorium on weapon testing endures until
I July [960,
and then atmospheric testing on a limited basis is permitted (say 2
megaton
of fission per year by U.S. plus additional desirable tests
not in the atmosphere).
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In addressing each of the above levels of test ban , he suggests that each
Lab estimate
through [970 such things as possible weapon and otter
military application accomplishments as possible, various types of non-
military work, and for all efforts an estimate of manpower and facility —
requirements.
Starboard requests the reports at least in preliminary form
by carly September.
{n an elaboration of this message on [3 August
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Starboard further asks that the laboratories reports address a list of
activities currently carried on at each laboratory which should be
considered for transfer to other institutions such as universities at
some time during the next ten years.
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