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He next asked what sort of response the Commission desired from the
Informa-
Committee on the subject of information exchange with the Canadians,
Exchange
Mr, Strauss, Mr. Murray, and Dr. Smyth remarked on this question.
tion
with the
The
Canadians Commission is anxious to foster cooperation with | the Canadians, antici~
pates some opposition, and would like reinforcement for its argunents. It would help if the GAC would Look over past exchanges and could point
out their value to the U.S,
The Canadians are particularly’ anxious for
more cooperation in the field ofpower reactors andthe associated
research and technology.
Their security situation is in good shape,
although the free exchange between Chalk River andthe British is somewha’
worrisome,
Mr, Strauss said it would be soon enough if he had a memo
by the time of the next GAC meeting.
;
,
,
Several Committee members mentioned points inwhich U.S,—Canadian
cooperation had been helpful to us: ‘experiencein operating heavy water
reactors at high flux and high power; irradiation of materials at Chalk
River; flat plate fuel elements; early work on TEP and Redox D0
constants.
Dr. Smyth asked if the question of the classification of the conClassi-~
fication
of CTN
trolled thermonuclear reaction progrem had come up.
Dr. Rabi replied
‘that it had been discussed at length, but that the, GAC had no recormendation to make at present.
their views.
They did so as follows,
Mr. Whitman:
-
He asked the individual menbers to express
Dr. Wigner:
a little inclined to favor declassification.
no strong feelings.
If it were declassified and
then reclassified in the light of important developments, the céssa-
tion of publication would be very obvious,
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