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ANNEX "Cc" TO APPENDIX "A"
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHATRMAN
UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Joint Task Force 132, operating for the Department of
Defense and tne United States Atomic Energy Commission has
concluded the third series of weapons development tests at
Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
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Like the GREENHOUSE series 1951, it
was designed to further the development of various types of ©
weapons releasing the energy resulting from the fission of heavy
elements and the fusion of light elements.
Unlike GREENHOUSE the
i¥¥ present series containeds no experiments relating to.effects
of the détonations on structures,
animals.
.
equipment or experimental
scientific executives for the tests have expressed
satisfaction with the results.
The leaders and members of the
military and civilian components of the Task Force have
accomplished a remarkable feat of precision in planning and
operations and have the commendation of the Department of Defense
and the Atomic Energy Commission.
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The tests were conducted under full security restrictions of
the Atomic Energy Act and no further facts concerning them will be
issued publicly.
In the presence of threats to the peace of the world and in
the absence of effective and enforceable arrangements for the
control of armaments, the United States Government must continue |
its studies looking toward the development of these vast energies
for the defense of the free world. At the same time, this
Government is pushing with wide and growing success its studies
directed toward utilizing these energies for the productive —
purposes of mankind.
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Annex "c" to
Appendix "A"
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