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INCOMING TELETYPE
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NR S-17
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TO A, D, STARBIRD FROM A, C. GRAVES AND W, E. OGLE.
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SERGE"MEGA URIE QUANTITIES OF
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HfACEIVITIES, a WE KNOW
GF NO PRACTICAL METHOD OF CONBUSING OBSERVERS.
HENCE, A LITERAL
INTERPRETATION OF THE PRESIDENTS OFFER MUST RELEASE SIGNIFICANT
7NFORMATION,
THE INFORMATION RELEASED BECOMES LESS SIGNIFICANT
THE LESS QUANTITATIVELY ONE RELEASES THE RATIO OF FISSION TO
TOTAL YIELD BUT THE LESS CONVINCING THE DEMONSTRATION BECOMES,
IT SEEMS TO US THAT THERE ARE THREE COURSES OF ACTION.
ONE,
THAT
WE ACCEPT THE COMPROMISE OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION AND DO THE
BEST POSSIBLE JOB OF CONVINCING THE OBSERVER TEAM (RADIOCHEMISTRY) .
TWO, ACCEPT A LESSER DEGREE OF CONVICTION IN THE OBSERVER TEAM BY
OFFERING A MORE QUALITATIVE METHOD,
SUCH AS OBSERVATIONS WITH
ROCKET OR AIRPLANE PENETRATIONS OF THE CLOUD OR FALLOUT OBSERVATIONS. AND THREE,
NEGOTIATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE
UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED STATES COULD BE PROLONGED UNTIL THE
COMPLETION OF HARDTACK,
THE ABOVE THREE COURSES OF ACTION ARE IN
INVERSE ORDER TO OUR BEST ADVICE,
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