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of a possibility of limited testing; and a specification of when these certifications
should fit into the overall development process for a device.
After
discussions of this by Bradbury and Brown, and then by the Livermore and LASL
staffs in the inter-laboratory meeting of 17 Mar., Hertford sent the final agreed
procedure to DMA on 24 Mar. under the heading of “Establishment of Weapons
Technical Review Procedure."
Bradbury did not like the term certification of
guarantee,
Here is a 3 April 61 transmittal of some program assumptions and details for
the FY 63 weapons program and weapons budget as seen by ALOO.
Included is a note
about testing which says "It should be assumed, for purposes of the budget submission,
that the suspension of full scale tests will continue through FY 63 but that a
supplemental appropiation will be granted if full scale tests are resumed."
Also
there will be no test construction activities at the NTS but existing facilities
and equipments will be maintained and a certain amount of development of instrumentation
for diagnostic and telemetry related to high altitude and underground tests is
noted,
Also assumed by ALOO is that the seismic improvement (Vela Uniform) program
will be carried out as planned with supplemental funding.
Here, for completeness, are some notes on the inter-laboratory meeting of
17 Mar. 61 between LASL and Livermore at Livermore.
were in attendance:
and Haussmann.
Among others the following
Bradbury, Eyster, Mark, Agnew, Harold Brown, Foster, Sewell,
Also from Sandia was Schwartz.
Already incorporated in a draft
of this period of time being written were notes on the discussions about readiness
but I will quote them here for future reference:
“Bradbury stated that he did not
understand why there should be great urgency to resume testing immediately after
the receipt of permission therefore since it did not seem likely that testing,
once resumed, would be soon again subject to pressures to stop.
Dr. Brown stated