reluctance, would be in Safeguard C. The conclusion of the testimony was that this convergence of technical reasons and budget pressures led to the joint AECfDOD decision of October, 1969 to reduce the program funding and accept an increased response time for resumption of testing. It was reported that to this end, the following coordinated actions were being taken by the AEC and DOD : 1. Operational control of Johnston Atoll will be transferred to the USAF with appropriate reentry rights and the facilities there placed and maintained in the minimum feasible maintenance status. In Hawaii, facilities will be loaned to other agencies under appropriate agreements or placed in the minimum feasible continuing status. The plan is to reoccupy these facilities on direction to resume testing and return them to operational status in time to meet our projected response times. 2. The sampling rocket stockpile at the Kauai facility will not be The facility itself, however, will remain operational maintained. and periodic tests will be conducted. 3. Diagnostic aircraft operations and support will be reduced. 4. Instrumentation development will proceed only to the prototype stage, with state-of-the-art improvements routinely incorporated on a continuing basis. Procurement action will be initiated after a decision to resume testing. 5. Contractor support is being reduced by about one-half with the objective”of maintaining program continuity with minimum key personnel. 6. Joint AEC/DOD readiness exercises are being discontinued. Testimony was concluded with the statement that: “the impact of the program modification is reflected primarily in terms of time--both the time between the decision to test and the actual resumption of testing, and the time required to complete the entire test series. We believe we have an atmospheric program that will provide the answers we need to know. However, the time that is made available for this test program will go a long way in determining its success or failure.” It was ~otited out thatnwe must acknowledge the possibility that if we do resume atmospheric testing we may find new and unanticipated questions This and we should be prepared to adjust our program accordingly. means, among other things, adjustments in the time available for testing.” Within the guidelines of the program decisions expressed above, the following are summaries of the princinal douuments which further define and implement the most current Readiness Program policy and direction: *