limited, since the Commissioners could call for corrections, and since
the discussions could not be well understood without attribution of
statements, Dr, Rabi felt that the present rather detailed and specifio
reporting should be continued, at least until it became apparent that
it led to difficulties.
Two minor corrections were noted,
Minutes
Approval,
36th
Meeting
an
Then, on Dr. Warner's motion and
Dr. Buckley's second, the Minutes of the 36th Meeting were unanimously
approved,
.
Dr. Rabi asked whether there were any statements from the Subcom-
mittee on Weapons.
Dr, von Neumann said there were none which called
for present action.
Commenting on the oscillations in plans for the
Castle tests, he expressed the feeling that in general a greater consistency in Commission policy was to be desired,
Meeting
with the
Conmis~
sioners
and
General
At 11:00 a.m. the Committee was joined by Mr, Strauss, Mr. Campbell,
Mr, Murray, Dr. Smyth, Mr. K, D. Nichols, and Mr, Walter Willians,
After introductions, Mr. Strauss commented on some of the agenda
Manager
items.
Agenda,
of the Act was in preparation.
This
Meeting
(1) An amendment to sections 5 and 10, and other relevant section:
The General Counsel had not yet prepared
the alterations for fusion as contrasted to fission.
The GAC should
think about what, if anything, could be done, especially on control of
information,
(2) The Commission would like the Committee to consider the
size and type of the strong focussing accelerator proposed by Brookhaven
National Laboratory, and to express its views on the proposal in the ligh
of ifs earlier recommendations.
(3) The Commission's patent proposals
had not yet been discussed with all interested groups, and should be held
for the present in strictest confidence,
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